Yes you can actually make money at this! Look at what we found in a recent survey of average salary ranges for selected Tourism positions. Would you like more? Then take these numbers and add the bonuses or gratuities you'll get, which can be a significant addition to wages!
This is an industry-wide average; compensation may vary among the five tourism sectors and organizations. Wage information is from 2010 and does not reflect the increases since that date. It is our intention to update our compensation data as new information becomes available. For sector-specific details, please download a copy of the BC summary.
| Occupations |
Average Base Hourly Wage |
Average Base Annual Salary |
| Accommodations Service Manager |
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$42,000 |
| Bartender |
$12.00 |
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| Cook |
$13.44 |
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| Director of Sales and Marketing |
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$65,000 |
| Executive Chef |
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$58,471 |
|
Executive Housekeeper |
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$42,000 |
| Food and Beverage / Banquet Server |
$9.58 |
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| Food and Beverage Service Supervisor |
$14.00 |
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| Food Counter Attendant / Kitchen Helper |
$10.25 |
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| Front Desk Agent |
$13.16 |
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| General Manager |
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$65,000 |
| Guest Service Attendant |
$12.49 |
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| Heritage Interpreter |
$16.50 |
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| Host/Hostess |
$10.20 |
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| Housekeeping Room Attendant |
$12.50 |
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| Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Labourer |
$14.00 |
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| Operator / Attendant |
$10.13 |
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| Outdoor Adventure Guide |
$15.42 |
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| Program Leader / Instructor |
$14.53 |
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| Restaurant and Food Service Manager |
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$44,059 |
| Retail Sales Clerk |
$10.63 |
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| Sales Representative |
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$43,950 |
| Snow Grooming Machine Operator |
$18.50 |
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| Sous Chef |
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$42,500 |
| Superintendent Maintenance / Groundskeeper |
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$60,000 |
| Tour Guide |
$13.57 |
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| Travel Agency Manager |
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$45,167 |
| Travel Counsellor |
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$40,772 |
NOTES:
- Salary ranges are taken from the BC portion of the 2010 Canadian Tourism Industry Compensation Study
- These are averages from data submitted by more than 350 companies within British Columbia
- Compensation data does not including tips, gratuities or incentives. For example, near 40% of organizations with Food and Beverage Servers in BC earned an additional 50% or more of their base salary when gratuities are factored in
- The report shows that 83% of BC tourism organizations offered extended health/dental care, 75% offered employee life insurance and 72% offered long term disability
