Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers salary

SOC 39-3031 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$32,910

per year, nationally

Middle half

$28,310–$36,940

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

121,770

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.2%

30,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$23,560$42,470

10th: $23,560
25th: $28,310
Median: $32,910
75th: $36,940
90th: $42,470

Getting in

Typical education to enter: No formal educational credential
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$41,010	107.0	4,070	1.46×
2	Colorado	$38,380	103.1	2,960	1.31×
3	District of Columbia	$37,930	109.9	770	1.41×
4	California	$37,870	110.7	16,460	1.15×
5	New York	$37,110	107.9	6,910	0.91×
6	New Jersey	$35,990	108.8	3,030	0.90×
7	Maine	$35,850	97.0	400	0.79×
8	Connecticut	$34,940	103.6	1,130	0.85×
9	Alaska	$34,680	102.4	180	0.70×
10	Illinois	$34,560	100.0	5,160	1.08×
11	Montana	$34,420	94.6	—	—
12	Oregon	$34,110	103.4	1,100	0.71×
13	Rhode Island	$34,040	102.3	340	0.86×
14	Maryland	$34,020	105.0	1,770	0.82×
15	New Hampshire	$33,970	104.2	190	0.36×
16	Massachusetts	$33,940	105.8	2,270	0.80×
17	Minnesota	$33,480	98.6	1,880	0.81×
18	Arizona	$32,510	100.7	3,540	1.40×
19	Missouri	$32,350	90.8	3,010	1.31×
20	Delaware	$31,200	99.8	200	0.53×
21	Georgia	$30,820	96.3	2,960	0.77×
22	Hawaii	$30,640	110.0	540	1.10×
23	Tennessee	$30,550	91.9	2,380	0.93×
24	Michigan	$30,530	96.2	3,170	0.92×
25	North Carolina	$30,260	94.3	5,390	1.39×
26	Nevada	$30,110	100.0	3,210	2.64×
27	South Dakota	$29,430	88.6	320	0.90×
28	Idaho	$29,360	95.5	700	1.04×
29	Pennsylvania	$29,130	97.6	4,330	0.91×
30	Florida	$29,130	103.4	9,300	1.20×
31	Wisconsin	$28,780	94.1	2,100	0.91×
32	Virginia	$28,580	101.1	3,130	0.97×
33	Ohio	$28,540	92.8	3,730	0.86×
34	Nebraska	$28,260	90.1	510	0.64×
35	New Mexico	$28,230	92.2	570	0.83×
36	Arkansas	$28,050	86.9	340	0.33×
37	North Dakota	$27,840	89.0	200	0.58×
38	Wyoming	$27,800	92.7	120	0.53×
39	Louisiana	$27,750	88.2	870	0.58×
40	Indiana	$27,440	93.3	1,930	0.77×
41	Kansas	$26,690	90.1	490	0.44×
42	Utah	$26,650	98.9	1,340	0.99×
43	Texas	$26,610	97.1	12,270	1.11×
44	South Carolina	$26,490	93.7	1,300	0.72×
45	Oklahoma	$26,260	87.8	1,450	1.08×
46	Kentucky	$25,930	90.2	1,110	0.71×
47	Iowa	$25,720	87.8	750	0.61×
48	West Virginia	$23,400	89.5	300	0.55×
49	Alabama	$22,360	88.8	770	0.47×
50	Mississippi	$21,570	87.0	610	0.67×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$44,760	110.4	960	1.08×
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$44,250	111.1	2,960	1.81×
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$42,860	115.6	1,880	1.01×
4	Bozeman, MT	$39,120	102.5	40	0.76×
5	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$39,100	103.9	30	0.79×
6	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$38,380	105.8	2,460	1.95×
7	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$38,310	112.6	7,290	0.98×
8	Napa, CA	$38,230	112.6	40	0.62×
9	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$38,090	107.8	190	1.20×
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$37,870	113.6	6,950	1.42×
11	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$37,640	106.7	950	1.13×
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$37,220	111.9	1,330	1.11×
13	Portland-South Portland, ME	$36,710	101.9	170	0.77×
14	Modesto, CA	$36,680	104.1	100	0.68×
15	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$36,680	103.7	220	2.11×
16	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$36,550	98.9	360	2.72×
17	Salinas, CA	$36,390	109.0	160	1.11×
18	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$36,380	108.6	100	1.04×
19	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$36,320	110.5	360	1.41×
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$36,280	106.9	300	0.95×
21	Bellingham, WA	$36,180	103.3	70	0.92×
22	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$36,080	100.3	340	1.71×
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$36,080	108.9	2,330	0.95×
24	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$35,860	109.9	50	0.64×
25	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$35,680	105.1	180	0.77×
26	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$35,470	100.1	70	0.74×
27	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$35,380	105.6	50	0.63×
28	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$35,310	106.4	1,460	1.09×
29	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$35,210	108.8	160	0.99×
30	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$35,150	105.4	690	0.73×
31	Fresno, CA	$35,140	102.2	330	0.89×
32	Ann Arbor, MI	$35,090	100.9	120	0.70×
33	Colorado Springs, CO	$35,080	100.7	160	0.66×
34	New Haven, CT	$35,020	104.6	200	0.89×
35	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$35,000	103.6	4,490	1.27×
36	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$34,920	100.9	220	0.85×
37	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$34,730	101.1	80	0.61×
38	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$34,610	109.4	70	1.27×
39	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$34,420	102.7	420	0.90×
40	Bend, OR	$34,420	103.6	50	0.54×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Amusement and Recreation Attendants$32,150
Gambling Dealers$34,320
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants$36,300
Gambling Service Workers, All Other$36,310
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners$34,980
Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other$32,640
Costume Attendants$50,400
Motion Picture Projectionists$38,270

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers earn the most

Best paying metro areas for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers

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