Guide vs guidance adviser

The differences between guides and guidance advisers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a guidance adviser has an average salary of $85,162, which is higher than the $34,479 average annual salary of a guide.

The top three skills for a guide include brand awareness, product knowledge and safety rules. The most important skills for a guidance adviser are crisis intervention, , and .

Guide vs guidance adviser overview

	Guide	Guidance Adviser
Yearly salary	$34,479	$85,162
Hourly rate	$16.58	$40.94
Growth rate	28%	10%
Number of jobs	1,195	11,305
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Average age	34	42
Years of experience	2	-

Guide vs guidance adviser salary

Guides and guidance advisers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Guide	Guidance Adviser
Average salary	$34,479	$85,162
Salary range	Between $17,000 And $68,000	Between $53,000 And $134,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Salesforce	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between guide and guidance adviser education

There are a few differences between a guide and a guidance adviser in terms of educational background:

	Guide	Guidance Adviser
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Most common major	Business	Psychology
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Guide vs guidance adviser demographics

Here are the differences between guides' and guidance advisers' demographics:

	Guide	Guidance Adviser
Average age	34	42
Gender ratio	Male, 49.3% Female, 50.7%	Male, 38.9% Female, 61.1%
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, 10.6% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% Asian, 3.7% White, 67.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	11%

Differences between guide and guidance adviser 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.

Guidance adviser example responsibilities.

Assist in planning and implementation of logistics automation initiatives relate to vehicle fleet management and repair parts management.
Assist in planning and implementation of logistics automation initiatives relate to vehicle fleet management and repair parts management.

Guide vs guidance adviser skills

Common guide skills

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

Common guidance adviser skills

Crisis Intervention, 100%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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