How do people make money at the Grand Canyon?

There's a plethora of job opportunities through concessionaires — private companies that work with the park service to provide transportation, retail, tours, lodging, restaurants, and other services. Grand Canyon National Park has over 20 concessionaires, the majority of which are river rafting outfitters.



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The average hourly rate for Grand Canyon National Park Lodges employees is around $17 to $22. It's important to bear in mind that individual salary experiences can significantly differ due to factors like job roles, departments, locations, and individual skills and educational backgrounds.

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The historic Hopi House, located right on the rim of Grand Canyon, has been offering authentic American Indian arts and crafts for over 100 years and also carries many other items for sale. The structure was completed in 1905 and is a large, multi-story building of stone masonry.

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Nine miles below the South Rim lies Phantom Ranch, a historic oasis at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. There are no roads to the bottom of the canyon. The only way to get there is on foot, river raft, or the Grand Canyon mules.

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(Note: According to the public relations office at Grand Canyon University, the institution is a nonprofit entity but is classified as a proprietary institution solely for the purposes of federal funding, which requires it to adhere to the stricter regulations for federal funding that apply to for-profit schools.

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Carved by the Colorado River and other geological forces, it is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and a mile deep. Nearly five million people visit the canyon annually, but as we later learned, only about one percent of them hike all the way to the bottom, as we planned to do.

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Nestled at the Bottom of Grand Canyon Phantom Ranch is the only lodging below the canyon rim, and can only be reached by mule, on foot, or by rafting the Colorado River. Have questions about the lottery process? Click here for the lottery schedule, additional information and/or FAQs regarding the Phantom Ranch Lottery.

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Nestled at the Bottom of Grand Canyon Phantom Ranch is the only lodging below the canyon rim, and can only be reached by mule, on foot, or by rafting the Colorado River. Have questions about the lottery process? Click here for the lottery schedule, additional information and/or FAQs regarding the Phantom Ranch Lottery.

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Sometimes rangers work in remote areas with no or very little means of communication. This can create a great deal of stress and danger should the ranger be injured, ill or need to subdue violent people.

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Park rangers live and work in three main visitor use areas: North Rim, South Rim and Desert View. Additionally the Division staffs nine remote areas: Colorado River, Meadview, Lees Ferry, Tuweep, Phantom Ranch, Indian Garden, Roaring Springs, Cottonwood, and outlying wilderness areas.

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How Many People Have Died at the Grand Canyon? Around 900 people have died at the Grand Canyon since the 1800's. The Grand Canyon was officially established as a National Park on February 26, 1919.

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Grand Canyon and the surrounding regions are home to desert bighorn sheep, mule deer, mountain lions, coyotes, gray fox, and a large variety of reptiles, birds and rodents.

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