How much do Tour and Travel Guides make in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI?

Percentile spread

For Tour and Travel Guides, the published 10th percentile is $25,170 and the 90th percentile is $58,990. The difference is $33,820, which is 112.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $28,070 to the 75th at $38,010, covers $9,940.

The mean annual wage is $37,290, which sits above the median of $30,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI median is 20.9% lower than the national median of $38,120 for Tour and Travel Guides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,113, which is 18.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Wisconsin median of $30,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 96.937, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $30,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tour and Travel Guides at $31,113 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tour and Travel Guides. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ranks 7th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 80 miles away, with a median of $36,870 and employment of 840. That median is 22.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,591, against $31,113 here.
• Madison, WI is 88 miles away, with a median of $31,170 and employment of 130. That median is 3.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,039, against $31,113 here.
• Green Bay, WI is 108 miles away, with a median of $29,780. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,992, against $31,113 here.

Employment share

Tour and Travel Guides accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI (340 of 820,780). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (53,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.20 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.