The annual salary statistics of tour and travel guides in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of tour and travel guides in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $23,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $40,710 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $50,790 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,530 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tour and travel guides in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $40,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,810.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of tour and travel guides from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $40,710 | 19.85% | 44.85% |
| 2021 | $32,630 | 23.08% | - |
| 2020 | $25,100 | 2.67% | - |
| 2019 | $24,430 | 9.54% | - |
| 2018 | $22,100 | -1.58% | - |
| 2017 | $22,450 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $22,450 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $40,710, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is the second highest paying city for tour and travel guides in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos (median annual salary of $43,550). Compared with Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, the median annual salary of tour and travel guides in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 6.5 percent (6.5%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Waco | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur |