SOC 39-3031.00

    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.

    Median pay
    $32,910
    Growth
    +0.9%
    Little or no change
    Openings a year
    27,300
    Typical education
    No formal credential

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $23,560
    Median
    $32,910
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $42,470
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    121,770 people work in this occupation.

    What ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    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.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R)
    37 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    0 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    7 / 100
    Social (S)
    62 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    53 / 100
    Conventional (C) · strongest
    63 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

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    What you'd do

    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    90
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    72
    Making Decisions and Solving Problems
    61
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    61
    Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
    58
    Getting Information
    56
    Training and Teaching Others
    54
    Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
    51
    Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
    50
    Working with Computers
    49
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Active Listening
    • Speaking
    • Coordination
    • Service Orientation
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Complex Problem Solving
    • Critical Thinking
    • Monitoring
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Active Learning

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • English Language
    • Sales and Marketing
    • Mathematics
    • Computers and Electronics
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Administrative
    • Administration and Management
    • Communications and Media
    • Education and Training

    Abilities

    • Oral Expression
    • Speech Clarity
    • Near Vision
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Speech Recognition
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Selective Attention
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Far Vision
    • Information Ordering

    Work styles

    • Cooperation
    • Social Orientation
    • Dependability
    • Optimism
    • Empathy
    • Self-Control
    • Sincerity
    • Attention to Detail
    • Integrity
    • Humility

    Also called

    Admittance Attendant · Docent · Door Attendant · Door Captain · Door Tender · Doorman · Doorperson · Drive-in Theater Attendant · Event Attendant · Gate Attendant

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    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. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.