Will AI replace Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers?
AI reaches little of this job’s work.
19/100
Low exposure
More exposed to AI than 34% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 25% of the work
What the job involves
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.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(7)
- Examine tickets or passes to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color or date issued.
- Assist patrons by giving directions to points in or outside of the facility or providing information about local attractions.
- Count and record number of tickets collected.
- Page individuals wanted at the box office.
- Distribute programs to patrons.
and 2 more
Out of reach(16)
- Provide assistance with patrons' special needs, such as helping those with wheelchairs.
- Greet patrons attending entertainment events.
- Maintain order and ensure adherence to safety rules.
- Sell or collect admission tickets, passes, or facility memberships from patrons at entertainment events.
- Refuse admittance to undesirable persons or persons without tickets or passes.
and 11 more
Also called
Ticket Taker · Usher · Lobby Attendant · Theater Attendant · Doorman · Drive-in Theater Attendant · Ticket Attendant · Admittance Attendant
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics