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Tour and Travel Guides salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median tour and travel guides in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $42,870 a year, 12% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,802 a month.

10th percentile
$36,640
25th percentile
$38,290
Median percentile
$42,870
75th percentile
$48,260
90th percentile
$63,490

Based on 2,360 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$33,625 take-home a year
Gross pay$42,870
Federal income tax−$2,964
Social Security + Medicare−$3,280
California income tax (approx.)−$3,001
Monthly take-home$2,802
Every two weeks$1,293

Does it go far here?

$37,749Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
74%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

All tour and travel guides salaries · Take-home pay in California