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title: "Amusement and Recreation Attendant"
description: "Perform a variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to…"
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# Amusement and Recreation Attendant

**Category:** Personal Care and Service · **SOC code:** 39-3091 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 39-3091.00

Perform a variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.

Also advertised as: Activities Attendant; Coaster Attendant; Golf Course Ranger; Golf Course Starter; Recreation Aide; Recreation Attendant; Recreation Clerk; Ride Operator.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $32,150 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $15.46/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $22,350 to $42,490, with the middle half between $27,660 and $36,590
- **Total US employment:** 397,830
- **Typical entry education:** No formal credential
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +3.7% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 100,400 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 57/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 397,830 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $22,350 |
| 25th | $27,660 |
| 50th (median) | $32,150 |
| 75th | $36,590 |
| 90th | $42,490 |
| Mean (average) | $32,640 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AK | $45,680 | $44,627 | 340 |
| HI | $39,920 | $36,307 | 3,950 |
| DC | $37,960 | $34,540 | 200 |
| WA | $37,790 | $35,313 | 7,000 |
| CA | $37,000 | $33,418 | 56,920 |
| MD | $36,710 | $34,976 | 9,200 |
| NY | $36,300 | $33,636 | 14,620 |
| CO | $35,770 | $34,711 | 10,820 |
| VI | $35,570 | No BEA price parity | 70 |
| OR | $35,400 | $34,249 | 3,150 |
| ME | $35,330 | $36,404 | 1,230 |
| VT | $35,290 | $36,026 | 800 |
| CT | $34,860 | $33,645 | 2,440 |
| NJ | $34,500 | $31,708 | 14,060 |
| MA | $34,440 | $32,565 | 5,460 |

39 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 54 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/amusement-and-recreation-attendant/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/amusement-and-recreation-attendant.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 408,400 in the 2025–2035 base year to 423,600 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 15,200 jobs, or +3.7%. About as fast as average: 3.7% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 100,400 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** No formal educational credential (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Short-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 64.2% |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 31.9% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 2.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 1.4% |

## What the work involves

- Provide information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules and regulations.
- Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures, or arrange for the removal of unruly patrons.
- Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, or repair activities.
- Maintain inventories of equipment, storing and retrieving items and assembling and disassembling equipment as necessary.
- Sell tickets and collect fees from customers.
- Direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions.
- Keep informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Speaking — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 2.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Service Orientation — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Monitoring — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operation and Control — importance 2.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 3.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Sales and Marketing — importance 2.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 2.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Speech Clarity — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Recognition — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Conventional (C), Social (S), Realistic (R).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 4.72 |
| S — Social | 4.35 |
| R — Realistic | 4.23 |
| E — Enterprising | 3.83 |
| A — Artistic | 1.68 |
| I — Investigative | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESFJ | 87.9 |
| ESTJ | 81.5 |
| ISFJ | 80.5 |
| ISTJ | 66.0 |
| ESFP | 62.6 |

Best-fitting types: ESFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/locker-room-coatroom-and-dressing-room-attendant) — median $36,300
- [Baggage Porter and Bellhop](https://nuecareer.com/careers/baggage-porter-and-bellhop) — median $37,080
- [Parking Attendant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/parking-attendant) — median $35,150
- [Counter and Rental Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/counter-and-rental-clerk) — median $41,300
- [Usher, Lobby Attendant, and Ticket Taker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/usher-lobby-attendant-and-ticket-taker) — median $32,910
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand) — median $40,240
- [Passenger Attendant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/passenger-attendant) — median $37,720
- [First-Line Supervisor of Gambling Services Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-gambling-services-workers) — median $63,820
- [Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendant and Bartender Helper](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dining-room-and-cafeteria-attendant-and-bartender-helper) — median $33,980
- [Dispatcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dispatcher) — median $50,340

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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