Guide vs hunting guide

The differences between guides and hunting guides 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 a hunting guide. Additionally, a hunting guide has an average salary of $65,410, 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 hunting guide are elk, customer service, and food plots.

Guide vs hunting guide overview

	Guide	Hunting Guide
Yearly salary	$34,479	$65,410
Hourly rate	$16.58	$31.45
Growth rate	28%	-
Number of jobs	1,195	854
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Average age	34	34
Years of experience	2	2

Guide vs hunting guide salary

Guides and hunting guides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Guide	Hunting Guide
Average salary	$34,479	$65,410
Salary range	Between $17,000 And $68,000	Between $15,000 And $282,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Salesforce	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between guide and hunting guide education

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

	Guide	Hunting Guide
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Guide vs hunting guide demographics

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

	Guide	Hunting Guide
Average age	34	34
Gender ratio	Male, 49.3% Female, 50.7%	Male, 94.3% Female, 5.7%
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, 6.6% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.5% Asian, 9.9% White, 67.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between guide and hunting guide 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.

Hunting guide example responsibilities.

Manage commercial whitewater rafting outfit.
Certify in first aid and CPR
Reserve and stage canoes and kayaks for guests.
Assist docents at discovery theatre animal encounters and birthday parties.
Commit to memory Alaskan history and convey that information during tours.
Certify in firearm safety, bow hunter safety, CPR and emergency survival.

Guide vs hunting guide skills

Common guide skills

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

Common hunting guide skills

Elk, 30%
Customer Service, 17%
Food Plots, 14%
Whitetail, 12%
CPR, 9%
Insemination, 7%