Career roadmap

How to become a Canyoneering Guide

$36,060 median/yr·Suits people who are strongly social

Median annual wage for Tour and Travel Guides (39-7010) — BLS OEWS, May 2023. This is the broader SOC group, covering more jobs than this one career.

What you would actually do

The tasks this work is built on. O*NET measures the closest official occupation, Tour Guides and Escorts — so read these as the shape of the job, not a job description written for the title.

Respond to customer inquiries.
Guide patrons on tours.
Monitor patron activities to identify problems or potential problems.
Provide attraction or event information to patrons.
Teach daily living skills or behaviors.
Administer first aid.
Gather information in order to provide services to clients.
Monitor availability of equipment or supplies.

The skills that actually carry the job

Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.

Speaking3.9/5
Active Listening3.3/5
Social Perceptiveness3.3/5
Service Orientation3.1/5
Reading Comprehension3.0/5
Monitoring3.0/5
Coordination3.0/5
Time Management3.0/5
Critical Thinking2.9/5
Judgment and Decision Making2.8/5

Would this suit you?

Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for a Canyoneering Guide — and our free 3-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.

Social5.1/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
Enterprising3.7/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
Realistic3.4/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
Artistic3.3/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Conventional3.0/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
Investigative2.4/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence

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Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.