Guide vs escort

The differences between guides and escorts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a guide and an escort. Additionally, a guide has an average salary of $34,479, which is higher than the $29,252 average annual salary of an escort.

The top three skills for a guide include brand awareness, product knowledge and safety rules. The most important skills for an escort are patients, emergency situations, and safety hazards.

Guide vs escort overview

	Guide	Escort
Yearly salary	$34,479	$29,252
Hourly rate	$16.58	$14.06
Growth rate	28%	3%
Number of jobs	1,195	15,511
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	34	34
Years of experience	2	2

What does a guide do?

A guide is an expert on a location's history and gives guided tours to tourists at historic sites, nature and scenic attractions, and other travel destinations. Manuals are usually residents in the area hired by visitors' bureaus and travel companies. The tour guides provide visitors relevant and exciting information about the places they visit and keep the tour safe, organized, and productive. Their primary duties include a brief meeting with the tour manager to know the tourist's interests and needs. They plan itineraries, arrange, and organize transportation between destinations. At certain times, they are in charge of collecting fees, sell souvenirs, and promote gift shops.

What does an escort do?

Escort is a service provided to accompany an individual, group of people, or vehicle to provide guidance and protection or mark of honor. Military Escort services accompany deceased military personnel to show respect--a healthcare escort sometimes accompanies patients to their destination for ongoing care safely. A Security Escort, commonly called close escort duties, is performed by bodyguards to accompany individuals like VIPs, Celebrities, Sports stars, Heads of State whenever they make an appearance and travel around. A Security Escort usually has special training in evasive driving, close combat, firearms, and first aid.

Guide vs escort salary

Guides and escorts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Guide	Escort
Average salary	$34,479	$29,252
Salary range	Between $17,000 And $68,000	Between $22,000 And $37,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Anchorage, AK
Highest paying state	Alaska	Alaska
Best paying company	Salesforce	Massachusetts General Hospital
Best paying industry	Technology	Manufacturing

Differences between guide and escort education

There are a few differences between a guide and an escort in terms of educational background:

	Guide	Escort
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Guide vs escort demographics

Here are the differences between guides' and escorts' demographics:

	Guide	Escort
Average age	34	34
Gender ratio	Male, 49.3% Female, 50.7%	Male, 57.1% Female, 42.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.5% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 9.9% White, 67.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 6.5% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 9.9% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between guide and escort duties and responsibilities

Guide example responsibilities.

Manage kayaks, guest and guide gear and repaired/ordered as needed.
Lead VIP guests on guide tours of the property and facilitate their involvement in special events, productions, and conventions.
Manage payroll - specifically manage overtime.
Provide hands on experience in stream exploration, plant identification, and survival classes.
Wrangle horses, clean fish, and elk.
Generate high quality reports in the form of listing, HTML, XML, RTF and PDF formats using SAS ODS.

Escort example responsibilities.

Plan itineraries, handle reservations and manage tours for large student groups.
Transport and manage artillery ammunition.
Escort patients to clinics and follow HIPAA identification process.
Handle reservations, booking, client relations, bilingual correspondence (Spanish), ticketing & transfers.
Collect and deliver laboratory specimen and pharmacy medication to technicians, move medical equipment, wheelchairs, and stretchers.
Put up traction also take down.

Guide vs escort skills

Common guide skills

Brand Awareness, 26%
Product Knowledge, 12%
Safety Rules, 12%
Customer Service, 8%
Safety Procedures, 5%
CPR, 5%

Common escort skills

Patients, 44%
Emergency Situations, 9%
Safety Hazards, 5%
CPR, 5%
Law Enforcement, 3%
Medical Appointments, 3%