How much do Tour and Travel Guides make in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

Percentile spread

For Tour and Travel Guides, the published 10th percentile is $30,250 and the 90th percentile is $60,890. The difference is $30,640, which is 82.4% 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 $32,760 to the 75th at $44,160, covers $11,400.

The mean annual wage is $41,190, which sits above the median of $37,200. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median is 2.4% lower than the national median of $38,120 for Tour and Travel Guides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,872, which is 3.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.6% lower than the Florida median of $41,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is 100.890, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,200 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tour and Travel Guides at $36,872 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tour and Travel Guides. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ranks 6th of 10 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).).

• Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL is 52 miles away, with a median of $38,960 and employment of 100. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,107, against $36,872 here.
• North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL is 55 miles away, with a median of $43,650 and employment of 70. That median is 17.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,620, against $36,872 here.
• Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL is 74 miles away, with a median of $49,540 and employment of 650. That median is 33.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,847, against $36,872 here.

Employment share

Tour and Travel Guides accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (330 of 1,447,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (53,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.66 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.