Guide vs teacher

The differences between guides and teachers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a teacher has an average salary of $47,989, 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 teacher are ESL, handle scheduling, and kids.

Guide vs teacher overview

	Guide	Teacher
Yearly salary	$34,479	$47,989
Hourly rate	$16.58	$23.07
Growth rate	28%	4%
Number of jobs	1,195	71,918
Job satisfaction	-	4.14
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	34	42
Years of experience	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 a teacher do?

Being a teacher is one of the most passionate professions, among others. Teachers educate, motivate, and guide every generation of learners to prepare them for the real world. Every teacher is unique and has their own teaching styles and methods depending on the subject they teach and the age of their students. Oftentimes they also function as a parent, counselor, coach, friend, and even a lawmaker. There is essentially no limit to the roles a teacher portrays.

Guide vs teacher salary

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

	Guide	Teacher
Average salary	$34,479	$47,989
Salary range	Between $17,000 And $68,000	Between $32,000 And $70,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Baltimore, MD
Highest paying state	Alaska	Maryland
Best paying company	Salesforce	King Low Heywood Thomas
Best paying industry	Technology	Education

Differences between guide and teacher education

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

	Guide	Teacher
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Business	Elementary Education
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Guide vs teacher demographics

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

	Guide	Teacher
Average age	34	42
Gender ratio	Male, 49.3% Female, 50.7%	Male, 25.7% Female, 74.3%
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, 10.1% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 3.7% White, 68.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between guide and teacher 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.

Teacher example responsibilities.

Work closely with co-teacher to manage and co-teach curriculum to a large group.
Target at risk and high achieving students using levele readers and DRA strategies.
Lead debates with advance students on topics including globalization, economics, and political history.
Develop social studies and geography curriculum.
Provide kindergarten readiness in approaching phonemic awareness, phonics, and introductory math skills.
Attend and participate in ESL professional development activities, conferences/workshops, curriculum/program planning, & special events and activities.

Guide vs teacher skills

Common guide skills

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

Common teacher skills

ESL, 17%
Handle Scheduling, 15%
Kids, 12%
Classroom Management, 7%
CPR, 5%
Curriculum Development, 4%