The annual salary statistics of tour and travel guides in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of tour and travel guides in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $20,820 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,890 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,240 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $56,140 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tour and travel guides in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $56,140. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,820.
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 | $35,230 | 19.93% | 32.02% |
| 2021 | $28,210 | -5.53% | - |
| 2020 | $29,770 | 6.21% | - |
| 2019 | $27,920 | 7.27% | - |
| 2018 | $25,890 | 7.49% | - |
| 2017 | $23,950 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $23,950 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,230 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for tour and travel guides in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of tour and travel guides in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 19.1 percent (19.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 41.2 percent (41.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Beaumont-Port Arthur.
| 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 |