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Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling

Plan, direct, or coordinate entertainment and recreational activities and operations of a recreational facility, including cruise ships and parks.

37,980 people do this job in the US. $79,520 a year.

now
31%

of the working time. Estimate.

Kinds of work
  • 52%
  • 27%
  • 21%
n/a

Anthropic's data does not cover this job.

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: 52% 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, 27%. Today's estimate: 31%.

0%10%20%30%40%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: 8% within reachGPT-5, August 2025: 10% within reachGemini 3 Pro, November 2025: 14% within reachClaude Opus 4.5, November 2025: 14% within reachGPT-5.2, December 2025: 16% within reachClaude Opus 4.6, February 2026: 16% within reachClaude Mythos Preview (early), April 2026: 27% within reachToday (estimate), September 2026: 31% 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
Write and present strategies for recreational facility programming using customer or employee data.Done more than yearly by most who do it. 20%6.7 h3.3 h to 2.5 work daysStays with people
Plan programs of events or schedules of activities.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 19%3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days25%Half by Mar 2027
Plan, organize, or lead group activities for customers, such as exercise routines, athletic events, or arts and crafts.Done more than weekly by most who do it. 13%1.7 h25 min to 5 hStays with people
Write budgets to plan recreational activities or programs.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 8%3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h32%Half by Jan 2027
Calculate and record department expenses and revenue.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 6%1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h77%Half by now
Assign tasks and work hours to staff.Done daily by most who do it. 6%50 min25 min to 1.7 h99%Half by now
Train workers in company procedures or policy.Done more than monthly by most who do it. 5%1.7 h25 min to 3.3 hStays with people
Talk to customers to convey information about events or activities.Done several times a day by most who do it. 4%13 min4 min to 25 min100%Half by now
Resolve customer complaints regarding worker performance or services rendered.Done more than weekly by most who do it. 4%38 min13 min to 1.3 h98%Half by now
Talk to coworkers using electronic devices, such as computers and radios.Done hourly or more by most who do it. 3%7 min3 min to 17 min100%Half by now
Interview and hire associates to fill staff vacancies.Done more than yearly by most who do it. 3%2.1 h1.3 h to 4.2 hStays with people
Explain rules and regulations of facilities and entertainment attractions to customers.Done more than weekly by most who do it. 2%13 min4 min to 33 min100%Half by now

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.

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