Tour and Travel Guides
SOC 39-7010 · 2024-2034
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $47,165per year
- Projected openings
- 18,090
- Projected change
- +10.5%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $55,959 | 200 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $52,100 | 440 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $49,200 | 180 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $48,442 | 2,140 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $47,174 | 800 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $45,551 | 980 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $45,302 | 570 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $44,984 | 760 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $43,626 | 370 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $42,690 | 340 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $42,515 | 510 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $42,258 | 800 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $42,083 | 270 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $41,847 | 1,050 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $41,538 | 2,740 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $41,500 | 4,720 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $40,335 | 390 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $36,767 | 2,340 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $37,425
- A quarter earn under
- $39,752
- Half earn under
- $47,165
- Three quarters earn under
- $58,967
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $67,897
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $37,937 | 152,610 | +5.8% |
| Childcare Workers | $41,034 | 135,490 | +1.5% |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | $59,459 | 105,200 | +16.7% |
| Recreation Workers | $40,788 | 104,970 | +9.1% |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $39,639 | 68,190 | +7.3% |
| Animal Caretakers | $39,680 | 68,000 | +12.3% |