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title: "Will AI Replace Ushers? (2026)"
description: "BLS rates ushers' exposure to AI as moderate. What that means, which parts of the work AI touches, and the 2025–2035 outlook (+0.9% projected)."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/will-ai-replace-ushers"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Will AI Replace Ushers? (2026)

**Short answer:** Unlikely. BLS rates the work's exposure to AI as moderate, below the middle of the pack, and still projects employment to grow.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics places ushers in its moderate AI exposure category, below the middle of the pack: some of the work overlaps with what AI can do, much of it does not. BLS projects employment to change by +0.9% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 27,300 openings a year.

| Measure | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLS relative AI exposure | Moderate | BLS Employment Projections, AI exposure categories |
| NueCareer AI-resilience score | 53/100 | NueCareer analysis of O\*NET 31.0 Database |
| Projected employment change | +0.9% | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Openings a year | 27,300 | BLS EP 2025–2035 |
| Median annual wage | $32,910 | BLS OEWS May 2025 |

## Exposure categories

| BLS category | Occupations |
| --- | --- |
| Low | 203 |
| Moderate (this job) | 194 |
| High | 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

- Performing for or working directly with the public: 4.6/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)
- Face-to-face discussions: 4.7/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Dealing with the public: 4.8/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Time spent on your feet: 4.2/5 (O\*NET work context)

## What AI reaches first

- Repeating the same tasks: 3.7/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Repetitive motions: 3.4/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Being exact or highly accurate: 3.9/5 (O\*NET work context)
- Communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates: 3.9/5 (O\*NET work activity importance)

## O\*NET tasks

- Greet patrons attending entertainment events.
- Assist patrons by giving directions to points in or outside of the facility or providing information about local attractions.
- Provide assistance with patrons' special needs, such as helping those with wheelchairs.
- Refuse admittance to undesirable persons or persons without tickets or passes.
- Maintain order and ensure adherence to safety rules.
- Examine tickets or passes to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color or date issued.

## Related careers less exposed to AI than ushers

- [Animal Trainer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/animal-trainer): BLS exposure Low, median $39,990
- [Shampooer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/shampooer): BLS exposure Low, median $32,600

## FAQ

**Will AI replace ushers?**

Unlikely. BLS rates the work's exposure to AI as moderate, below the middle of the pack, and still projects employment to grow. 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 +0.9% over 2025–2035, against 3.5% for all occupations, with about 27,300 openings a year.

**How exposed are ushers to AI?**

BLS sorts 786 occupations into four relative categories: low, moderate, high and very high. Ushers are in the moderate category, alongside 193 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 usher, lobby attendant, and ticket taker's job can AI do?**

In O\*NET's description of the work, the parts that overlap most with what AI handles well are repeating the same tasks, repetitive motions and being exact or highly accurate. The parts that hold up best are performing for or working directly with the public, face-to-face discussions 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 usher, lobby attendant, and ticket taker a safe career from AI?**

On NueCareer's AI-resilience score, built from O\*NET work activities, ushers score 53 out of 100, higher than 69% of the occupations we score. The job pays a median of $32,910 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 ushers are less exposed to AI?**

Animal Trainer (low exposure, $39,990 median), Shampooer (low exposure, $32,600 median). Each is in a lower BLS exposure category than ushers, and most are listed by O\*NET as related to the work.

Full profile: https://nuecareer.com/careers/usher-lobby-attendant-and-ticket-taker.

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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