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title: "Will AI Replace Amusement and Recreation Attendants?"
description: "BLS rates amusement and recreation attendants' exposure to AI as high. What that means, which parts of the work AI touches, and the 2025–2035 outlook…"
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# Will AI Replace Amusement and Recreation Attendants? (2026)

**Short answer:** Not replaced, but changed. BLS rates the exposure as high, so AI can help with a real share of the work, yet it still projects employment to grow faster than average.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics places amusement and recreation attendants in its high AI exposure category, above the middle of the pack: a substantial share of the work overlaps with what AI can do. BLS projects employment to change by +3.7% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 100,400 openings a year.

| Measure | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLS relative AI exposure | High | BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories |
| NueCareer AI-resilience score | 57/100 | NueCareer analysis of O\*NET 31.0 Database |
| Projected employment change | +3.7% | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Openings a year | 100,400 | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Median annual wage | $32,150 | BLS OEWS May 2025 |

## Exposure categories

| BLS category | Occupations |
| --- | --- |
| Low | 203 |
| Moderate | 194 |
| High (this job) | 190 |
| Very high | 199 |

Exposure means AI could be or has been used to assist with or complete some of the work. BLS says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains, automation probability or wage effects. Method: https://www.bls.gov/emp/publications/ai-exposure-categories.htm

## What holds up

- Face-to-face discussions: 5.0/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Performing for or working directly with the public: 4.5/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Dealing with the public: 4.9/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Working outdoors in all weather: 3.8/5 (O\*NET work context)

## What AI reaches first

- Getting information: 3.9/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates: 3.6/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)

## O\*NET tasks

- 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.

## Related careers less exposed to AI than amusement and recreation attendants

- [Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendant and Bartender Helper](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dining-room-and-cafeteria-attendant-and-bartender-helper): BLS exposure Low, median $33,980; [Will AI replace bussers?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-bussers)
- [Baggage Porter and Bellhop](https://nuecareer.com/careers/baggage-porter-and-bellhop): BLS exposure Moderate, median $37,080
- [Nanny](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nanny): BLS exposure Moderate, median $34,980
- [Exercise Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/exercise-trainer-and-group-fitness-instructor): BLS exposure Moderate, median $47,160; [Will AI replace personal trainers?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-personal-trainers)
- [Hairstylist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/hairstylist): BLS exposure Moderate, median $35,790; [Will AI replace hairstylists?](https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-hairstylists)
- [Skincare Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/skincare-specialist): BLS exposure Moderate, median $45,330

## FAQ

**Will AI replace amusement and recreation attendants?**

Not replaced, but changed. BLS rates the exposure as high, so AI can help with a real share of the work, yet it still projects employment to grow faster than average. BLS defines exposure as AI being able to assist with or complete some of the work, and says it does not imply job loss, productivity gains or wage effects. BLS projects employment to change by +3.7% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 100,400 openings a year.

**How exposed are amusement and recreation attendants to AI?**

BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Amusement and Recreation Attendants are in the high category, alongside 189 other occupations. The categories combine five public measures of where AI could be or already is used, and they compare occupations with each other rather than giving an absolute risk.

**What parts of an amusement and recreation attendant's job can AI do?**

In O\*NET's description of the work, the parts that overlap most with what AI handles well are getting information and communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates. The parts that hold up best are face-to-face discussions, performing for or working directly with the public and dealing with the public. These come from O\*NET ratings of how important each activity is to the job, read through NueCareer's AI-resilience method.

**Is being an amusement and recreation attendant a safe career from AI?**

On NueCareer's AI-resilience score, built from O\*NET work activities, amusement and recreation attendants score 57 out of 100, higher than 78% of the occupations we score. The job pays a median of $32,150 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025). No job is fully safe from technological change, but the federal exposure category and the projected openings are the two numbers worth weighing.

**What careers similar to amusement and recreation attendants are less exposed to AI?**

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendant and Bartender Helper (low exposure, $33,980 median), Baggage Porter and Bellhop (moderate exposure, $37,080 median), Nanny (moderate exposure, $34,980 median), Exercise Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor (moderate exposure, $47,160 median). Each is in a lower BLS exposure category than amusement and recreation attendants, and most are listed by O\*NET as related to the work.

Full profile: https://nuecareer.com/careers/amusement-and-recreation-attendant.

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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).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology