Industry group, 7131
Amusement Parks and Arcades
244,530 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $41,730 a year (BLS, May 2025). What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 80 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 24%
- 11%
- 65%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 16% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this industry's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 2%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 16%. Today's estimate: 18%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 40 largest jobs hold 89% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | 70,190 | 20% | 30 million | $31K |
| Cashiers | 10,790 | 19% | 4.2 million | $34K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services | 7,400 | 24% | 3.7 million | $42K |
| Retail Salespersons | 8,960 | 19% | 3.6 million | $36K |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | 13,890 | 10% | 2.8 million | $35K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 2,970 | 40% | 2.5 million | $39K |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 14,760 | 7% | 2 million | $35K |
| Security Guards | 5,810 | 14% | 1.7 million | $37K |
| General and Operations Managers | 3,260 | 23% | 1.5 million | $73K |
| Actors | 5,120 | 13% | 1.4 million | $82K |
| Office Clerks, General | 1,050 | 54% | 1.2 million | $40K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | 1,690 | 28% | 991,292 | $38K |
People: BLS counts for this industry, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this industry, else its mean, else the national median. 137 smaller jobs (24,210 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 89% of the industry's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole industry, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, or repair activities.Amusement and Recreation Attendants16 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Keep informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures.Amusement and Recreation Attendants11 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Schedule the use of recreation facilities, such as golf courses, tennis courts, bowling alleys, or softball diamonds.Amusement and Recreation Attendants3.7 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Provide assistance with staff selection, training, and supervision.Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers2 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.Actors1.9 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.Cashiers1.6 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Complete and maintain records of weather and beach conditions, emergency medical treatments performed, and other relevant incident information.Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers1.3 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records.Cashiers1.1 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Write reports of daily activities and irregularities, such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences.Security Guards1.1 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.Retail Salespersons1.1 million hours50% of the task within reach
Scan a typical company in this industry
The industry's largest jobs, in the proportions BLS counts across the whole industry, at the pay it pays, run through the company scan. A starting point before you have a roster, or a benchmark for the one you have.
Next to this industry
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this industry; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works