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Tour guide
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5.4% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Travel guides (ISCO 5113). Travel guides accompany individuals or groups on trips, sightseeing tours and excursions and on tours of places of interest such as historical sites, industrial establishments and theme parks.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
54 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- amusement centre worker
- aquarium educator
- area ranger
- castle guide
- city guide
- conservation educator
- countryside guide
- countryside manager
- countryside ranger
- cultural heritage centre worker
- ecotourism guide
- education instructor
- educator
- engagement officer
- enviromental promotions officer
- environment education officer
- environment education teacher
- environment education trainer
- environment educator
- environmental communications officer
- environmental education officer
- environmental education specialist
- environmental education teacher
- environmental education trainer
- environmental educator
- environmental public relations specialist
- environmental teacher
- environmental trainer
- guest experience assistant
- guide
- heritage centre guide
- heritage centre worker
- interpretation officer
- learning officer
- museum guide
- national park guide
- national park ranger
- national trail officer
- palace guide
- park guide
- park interpretation officer
- park ranger
- ranger
- schools engagement officer
- tour escort
- tour guide
- tour leader
- tourist guide
- visitor educator
- visitor guide
- visitors centre guide
- visitors centre worker
- wildlife centre guide
- zoo educator
Training
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Gauges
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.