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Amusement and Recreation Attendants

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.

397,830 people do this job in the US. $32,150 a year.

now
20%

of the working time. Estimate.

Kinds of work
  • 20%
  • 0%
  • 80%
6%

Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.

Half the desk work within reach
Already

On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.

Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030

0%25%50%75%100%2027202820292030NowDesk work: 20% of the time
Chosen to Ceiling: the share
DateNow
NowEnd of 2030

What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .

At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.

How far this has come

With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 3%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 20%. Today's estimate: 20%.

0%10%20%30%2023202420252026GPT-4, March 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4 Turbo (Nov 2023), November 2023: 0% within reachGPT-4o, May 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (June 2024), June 2024: 0% within reacho1-preview, September 2024: 0% within reachClaude 3.5 Sonnet (Oct 2024), October 2024: 0% within reacho1, December 2024: 1% within reachClaude 3.7 Sonnet, February 2025: 3% within reacho3, April 2025: 11% within reachGPT-5, August 2025: 13% within reachGemini 3 Pro, November 2025: 17% within reachClaude Opus 4.5, November 2025: 17% within reachGPT-5.2, December 2025: 18% within reachClaude Opus 4.6, February 2026: 18% within reachClaude Mythos Preview (early), April 2026: 20% within reachToday (estimate), September 2026: 20% within reach
Each step is a new best model measured by METR, four in five; the dashed end is today's estimate. Point at a dot for the model.

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.

The tasks

Sorted by . 17 tasks from .

TaskKind
Maintain inventories of equipment, storing and retrieving items and assembling and disassembling equipment as necessary.Done daily by most who do it. 16%38 min17 min to 1.7 hStays with people
Monitor activities to ensure adherence to rules and safety procedures, or arrange for the removal of unruly patrons.Done daily by most who do it. 13%13 min4 min to 38 minStays with people
Record details of attendance, sales, receipts, reservations, or repair activities.Done daily by most who do it. 11%13 min4 min to 33 min100%Half by now
Inspect equipment to detect wear and damage and perform minor repairs, adjustments, or maintenance tasks, such as oiling parts.Done more than monthly by most who do it.8%25 min13 min to 50 minStays with people
Clean sporting equipment, vehicles, rides, booths, facilities, or grounds.Done daily by most who do it.8%25 min13 min to 1.3 hStays with people
Keep informed of shut-down and emergency evacuation procedures.Done daily by most who do it. 7%25 min13 min to 50 min100%Half by now
Operate, drive, or explain the use of mechanical riding devices or other automatic equipment in amusement parks, carnivals, or recreation areas.Done more than monthly by most who do it.6%25 min8 min to 1.3 hStays with people
Provide information about facilities, entertainment options, and rules and regulations.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task.6%4 min2 min to 8 minStays with people
Sell tickets and collect fees from customers.Done hourly or more by most who do it. 5%4 min3 min to 8 minStays with people
Announce or describe amusement park attractions to patrons to entice customers to games and other entertainment.Done hourly or more by most who do it.4%7 min3 min to 17 minStays with people
Direct patrons to rides, seats, or attractions.Done hourly or more by most who do it. 4%3 min2 min to 4 minStays with people
Provide assistance to patrons entering or exiting amusement rides, boats, or ski lifts, or mounting or dismounting animals.Done hourly or more by most who do it.3%4 min2 min to 8 minStays with people

Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.

Jobs that share skills with this one

From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

Where this job works

The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).

Where the most of these jobs are

The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).