Also called: Show Cave Guide
Leads visitors through show caves at national, state or private parks, explaining rock formations and history while keeping groups safe.
A cave tour guide leads visitors through underground passages, explaining formations and history while keeping everyone safe. Some guide wild caving trips with helmets and headlamps.
Approximate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. A high school diploma plus paid on-the-job training from the park or cave; geology or history classes and first aid training help.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Geology.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. Guiding people underground safely is human work.
Age 16+. One way to start: Apply to a show cave or state park for summer tour guide jobs; they teach you the script
Classes: Earth science, Speech, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-7011.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.