Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
Assist patrons at entertainment events by performing duties, such as collecting admission tickets and passes from patrons, assisting in finding seats, searching for lost articles, and helping patrons locate such facilities as restrooms and telephones.
121,770 people do this job in the US. $32,910 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 94%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 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, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 2%. Today's estimate: 3%.
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 . 23 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean facilities.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 30% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Operate refreshment stands during intermission or obtain refreshments for press box patrons during performances.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 19% | 38 min13 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Lead tours and answer visitors' questions about the exhibits.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 9% | 50 min25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Manage inventory or sale of artist merchandise.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 8% | 50 min25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Schedule or manage staff, such as volunteer usher corps.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | 51%Half by now | |
| Maintain order and ensure adherence to safety rules.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Count and record number of tickets collected.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Manage informational kiosks or displays of event signs or posters.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min8 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Refuse admittance to undesirable persons or persons without tickets or passes.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 2% | 7 min2 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Sell or collect admission tickets, passes, or facility memberships from patrons at entertainment events.Done daily by most who do it. | 2% | 4 min2 min to 13 min | Stays with people | |
| Examine tickets or passes to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color or date issued.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 2% | 3 min1 min to 8 min | Stays with people | |
| Greet patrons attending entertainment events.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 2% | 3 min1 min to 7 min | Stays 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.
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- Passenger Attendants5% now, 5% by 2028
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- Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants3% now, 3% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
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