Tour and Travel Guides Salary — Louisville, Kentucky

The average Tour and Travel Guides in Louisville, Kentucky earns $40,170 a year.

$40,170 / year, mean
↓ 7.0% below national average 100th percentile in Kentucky

Louisville sits at the very top of the range for this role in Kentucky — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for tour and travel guides — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Kentucky

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
460
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.0%
Cost of living 93 #124 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1461 #33 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $283,232 #114 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $71,737 #95 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Louisville ranks #124 for cost of living and #114 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Kiryas Joel $68,140 Seattle $61,460 San Jose $60,710 Bremerton $56,200 San Francisco $54,340 New York $52,970 San Luis Obispo $51,430 Orlando $50,680 Santa Rosa $49,770 Springfield $49,740 Santa Maria $49,210 Oxnard $48,320 Sacramento $47,310 Riverside $47,260 Wenatchee $47,260 Fresno $47,190 Santa Cruz $47,050 Napa $46,800 Sarasota $46,140 Los Angeles $45,880 Salinas $45,760 Rochester $45,740 San Diego $45,300 Miami $45,200 Portland $44,010 Buffalo $43,690 Visalia $43,370 Olympia $43,190 Kingston $42,870 Bend $42,460 Austin $42,060 Jacksonville $41,210 Tampa $41,190 Eugene $41,170 Winchester $40,500 Bakersfield $40,390 Louisville $40,170 Albany $39,900 Naples $39,700 Baltimore $39,580 Dallas $39,450 Fort Myers $39,350 Houston $39,320 Chicago $39,290 Lakeland $38,750 Allentown $38,650 Richmond $38,170 Kalamazoo $38,050 Charlottesville $38,030 Gettysburg $37,420 Philadelphia $37,380 Bowling Green $37,090 Utica $37,010 Lynchburg $36,940 Virginia Beach $36,870 Brownsville $36,840 Atlantic City $36,750 Waco $36,660 Scranton $36,380 Detroit $36,110 Ann Arbor $35,810 Grand Rapids $35,610 Palm Bay $35,560 Ocala $35,440 Lexington $35,240 San Antonio $34,850 Pittsburgh $34,000 Corpus Christi $33,860 Lancaster $33,470 Roanoke $33,440 Fort Wayne $33,430 Harrisburg $33,410 Staunton $33,300 Indianapolis $32,670 South Bend $31,230 McAllen $29,830 Wheeling $28,390 Terre Haute $27,250
CityMean salaryvs. Louisville
Albany, New York$39,900-0.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$38,650-3.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$35,810-10.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$36,750-8.5%
Austin, Texas$42,060+4.7%
Bakersfield, California$40,390+0.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$39,580-1.5%
Bend, Oregon$42,460+5.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$37,090-7.7%
Bremerton, Washington$56,200+39.9%
Brownsville, Texas$36,840-8.3%
Buffalo, New York$43,690+8.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$39,350-2.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$38,030-5.3%
Chicago, Illinois$39,290-2.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$33,860-15.7%
Dallas, Texas$39,450-1.8%
Detroit, Michigan$36,110-10.1%
Eugene, Oregon$41,170+2.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$33,430-16.8%
Fresno, California$47,190+17.5%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$37,420-6.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$35,610-11.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$33,410-16.8%
Houston, Texas$39,320-2.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$32,670-18.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$41,210+2.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$38,050-5.3%
Kingston, New York$42,870+6.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$68,140+69.6%
Lakeland, Florida$38,750-3.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$33,470-16.7%
Lexington, Kentucky$35,240-12.3%
Los Angeles, California$45,880+14.2%
Lynchburg, Virginia$36,940-8.0%
McAllen, Texas$29,830-25.7%
Miami, Florida$45,200+12.5%
Napa, California$46,800+16.5%
Naples, Florida$39,700-1.2%
New York, New York$52,970+31.9%
Sarasota, Florida$46,140+14.9%
Ocala, Florida$35,440-11.8%
Olympia, Washington$43,190+7.5%
Orlando, Florida$50,680+26.2%
Oxnard, California$48,320+20.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$35,560-11.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$37,380-6.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$34,000-15.4%
Portland, Oregon$44,010+9.6%
Richmond, Virginia$38,170-5.0%
Riverside, California$47,260+17.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$33,440-16.8%
Rochester, New York$45,740+13.9%
Sacramento, California$47,310+17.8%
Salinas, California$45,760+13.9%
San Antonio, Texas$34,850-13.2%
San Diego, California$45,300+12.8%
San Francisco, California$54,340+35.3%
San Jose, California$60,710+51.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$51,430+28.0%
Santa Cruz, California$47,050+17.1%
Santa Maria, California$49,210+22.5%
Santa Rosa, California$49,770+23.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$36,380-9.4%
Seattle, Washington$61,460+53.0%
South Bend, Indiana$31,230-22.3%
Springfield, Illinois$49,740+23.8%
Staunton, Virginia$33,300-17.1%
Tampa, Florida$41,190+2.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$27,250-32.2%
Utica, New York$37,010-7.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$36,870-8.2%
Visalia, California$43,370+8.0%
Waco, Texas$36,660-8.7%
Wenatchee, Washington$47,260+17.6%
Wheeling, West Virginia$28,390-29.3%
Winchester, Virginia$40,500+0.8%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
40,170/yr
Estimated take-home
32,284/yr
Est. total withheld
19.6%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2026 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 39-7010 SOC code
Official area Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 31140 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ky_dor_verificado 2026
Metro also includes
Jefferson County
Multi-state area: KY;IN
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Kentucky

Population (metro area)
1,361,847