Amusement and Recreation Attendants salary

SOC 39-3091 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$32,150

per year, nationally

Middle half

$27,660–$36,590

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

397,830

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.4%

102,400 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.

$22,350$42,490

10th: $22,350
25th: $27,660
Median: $32,150
75th: $36,590
90th: $42,490

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 amusement and recreation attendants 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	Alaska	$45,680	102.4	340	0.40×
2	Hawaii	$39,920	110.0	3,950	2.46×
3	District of Columbia	$37,960	109.9	200	0.11×
4	Washington	$37,790	107.0	7,000	0.77×
5	California	$37,000	110.7	56,920	1.22×
6	Maryland	$36,710	105.0	9,200	1.30×
7	New York	$36,300	107.9	14,620	0.59×
8	Colorado	$35,770	103.1	10,820	1.47×
9	Oregon	$35,400	103.4	3,150	0.63×
10	Maine	$35,330	97.0	1,230	0.75×
11	Vermont	$35,290	98.0	800	1.04×
12	Connecticut	$34,860	103.6	2,440	0.56×
13	New Jersey	$34,500	108.8	14,060	1.28×
14	Massachusetts	$34,440	105.8	5,460	0.59×
15	Arizona	$33,570	100.7	6,930	0.84×
16	Illinois	$32,770	100.0	11,660	0.75×
17	Rhode Island	$31,220	102.3	760	0.59×
18	New Hampshire	$31,210	104.2	1,220	0.70×
19	Delaware	$31,200	99.8	1,360	1.10×
20	Virginia	$30,910	101.1	9,390	0.89×
21	Minnesota	$30,830	98.6	7,880	1.04×
22	Florida	$30,670	103.4	45,540	1.79×
23	Idaho	$30,530	95.5	2,010	0.92×
24	Wisconsin	$30,180	94.1	5,450	0.72×
25	Nebraska	$30,110	90.1	2,620	1.00×
26	Nevada	$29,940	100.0	7,680	1.93×
27	Missouri	$29,790	90.8	8,080	1.08×
28	South Dakota	$29,730	88.6	1,850	1.58×
29	Montana	$29,710	94.6	1,890	1.44×
30	New Mexico	$29,160	92.2	1,700	0.76×
31	Tennessee	$28,690	91.9	4,820	0.57×
32	Wyoming	$28,660	92.7	760	1.06×
33	Michigan	$28,580	96.2	11,720	1.04×
34	Pennsylvania	$28,090	97.6	17,470	1.13×
35	North Dakota	$28,070	89.0	1,430	1.30×
36	Utah	$28,000	98.9	6,960	1.57×
37	Indiana	$27,680	93.3	6,740	0.82×
38	Iowa	$27,430	87.8	5,050	1.26×
39	Kentucky	$27,210	90.2	3,190	0.62×
40	South Carolina	$27,040	93.7	8,740	1.48×
41	Ohio	$26,980	92.8	11,780	0.83×
42	Arkansas	$26,850	86.9	2,250	0.67×
43	North Carolina	$26,680	94.3	14,120	1.12×
44	Texas	$26,570	97.1	28,360	0.79×
45	Kansas	$26,410	90.1	4,240	1.15×
46	Georgia	$26,120	96.3	8,770	0.70×
47	West Virginia	$25,230	89.5	800	0.45×
48	Alabama	$23,210	88.8	6,740	1.25×
49	Mississippi	$23,160	87.0	2,400	0.81×
50	Louisiana	$22,680	88.2	2,850	0.58×
51	Oklahoma	$22,040	87.8	2,430	0.56×

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 amusement and recreation attendants wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for amusement and recreation attendants

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	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$49,020	109.4	710	3.78×
2	Anchorage, AK	$45,780	105.4	170	0.39×
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$42,850	110.4	2,860	0.98×
4	Fairbanks-College, AK	$41,390	103.2	40	0.45×
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$40,140	115.6	5,800	0.96×
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$39,330	111.1	3,860	0.72×
7	Vallejo, CA	$38,580	108.5	650	1.75×
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$38,000	108.9	9,590	1.20×
9	Napa, CA	$37,820	112.6	290	1.47×
10	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$37,760	107.8	760	1.44×
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$37,630	113.6	22,410	1.40×
12	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$37,150	109.9	660	2.61×
13	Boulder, CO	$37,140	105.2	730	1.49×
14	Urban Honolulu, HI	$36,630	111.0	2,260	1.98×
15	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$36,510	111.9	5,860	1.49×
16	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$36,500	102.4	130	0.94×
17	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$36,330	105.6	190	0.80×
18	Salinas, CA	$36,290	109.0	520	1.09×
19	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$36,240	105.8	5,330	1.29×
20	Longview-Kelso, WA	$36,240	97.5	60	0.52×
21	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$36,050	103.9	150	1.11×
22	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$36,010	106.7	3,390	1.23×
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$35,970	105.4	1,840	0.60×
24	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$35,910	112.6	18,420	0.76×
25	Portland-South Portland, ME	$35,810	101.9	650	0.88×
26	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$35,810	108.6	530	1.71×
27	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$35,760	100.9	200	0.67×
28	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$35,660	101.6	110	0.86×
29	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$35,620	106.9	760	0.74×
30	Bellingham, WA	$35,510	103.3	200	0.88×
31	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$35,510	100.1	280	0.83×
32	Modesto, CA	$35,440	104.1	330	0.66×
33	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$35,330	110.5	990	1.19×
34	Barnstable Town, MA	$35,280	98.4	280	1.16×
35	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$35,160	105.1	480	0.64×
36	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$35,130	100.2	70	0.40×
37	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$35,130	108.8	750	1.46×
38	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$35,120	109.4	770	1.11×
39	Merced, CA	$35,090	98.3	200	0.99×
40	Yuba City, CA	$35,090	104.2	110	0.81×

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 amusement and recreation attendants wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

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

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers$32,910
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

Amusement and Recreation Attendants salary

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Getting in

Where amusement and recreation attendants earn the most

Best paying metro areas for amusement and recreation attendants

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