How much do Tour and Travel Guides make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?

Percentile spread

For Tour and Travel Guides, the published 10th percentile is $35,080 and the 90th percentile is $76,090. The difference is $41,010, which is 98.2% 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 $37,890 to the 75th at $50,160, covers $12,270.

The mean annual wage is $47,260, which sits above the median of $41,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA median is 9.6% higher than the national median of $38,120 for Tour and Travel Guides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,242, which is 2.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.2% lower than the California median of $46,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tour and Travel Guides at $39,242 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tour and Travel Guides. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 4th of 7 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).).

• San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 111 miles away, with a median of $40,450 and employment of 850. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,153, against $39,242 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $42,870 and employment of 2,360. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,749, against $39,242 here.
• Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV is 132 miles away, with a median of $39,520 and employment of 560. That median is 5.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,435, against $39,242 here.

Employment share

Tour and Travel Guides accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (280 of 1,716,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (53,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.47 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.