Occupational employment / Amusement and recreation attendants

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Amusement and recreation attendants" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 4,310 $9.23 $19,200
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 15,780 $9.35 $19,450
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 9,960 $8.72 $18,140
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 9,480 $9.31 $19,370
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 9,180 $9.85 $20,480
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 6,620 $9.74 $20,270
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 6,310 $9.41 $19,560
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 5,460 $8.84 $18,380
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,160 $9.26 $19,260
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,780 $10.11 $21,030
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,370 $8.19 $17,040
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,860 $9.84 $20,470
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3,850 $9.96 $20,710
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 3,680 $9.23 $19,190
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,610 $9.89 $20,570
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,430 $10.02 $20,830
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 3,410 $9.61 $20,000
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 3,360 $9.48 $19,730
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 3,260 $10.23 $21,290
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 3,080 $8.14 $16,930
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 3,000 $10.09 $20,990
Denver-Aurora, CO 2,920 $8.74 $18,180
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,870 $8.42 $17,510
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,800 $10.15 $21,120
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 2,690 $9.82 $20,420
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2,670 $10.47 $21,770
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,650 $9.80 $20,390
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,610 $9.84 $20,460
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,590 $8.87 $18,460
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 2,460 $9.50 $19,770
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 2,450 $9.01 $18,730
San Antonio, TX 2,350 $8.25 $17,160
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 2,350 $8.19 $17,040
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 2,250 $9.43 $19,610
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 2,170 $10.44 $21,710
Raleigh-Cary, NC 2,170 $8.74 $18,180
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,080 $10.05 $20,910
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,050 $9.01 $18,740
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2,040 $8.32 $17,300
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,030 $8.11 $16,870
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,970 $8.45 $17,570
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,910 $8.80 $18,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,880 $10.01 $20,820
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,680 $10.05 $20,910
Jacksonville, FL 1,660 $8.39 $17,440
Pittsburgh, PA 1,630 $8.54 $17,760
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,600 $8.71 $18,120
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,580 $9.30 $19,350
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,540 $8.80 $18,310
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 1,530 $10.81 $22,480
Salt Lake City, UT 1,420 $8.94 $18,600
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 1,410 $10.18 $21,180
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,390 $10.11 $21,030
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,380 $8.15 $16,960
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,330 $9.00 $18,730
Columbus, OH 1,310 $8.96 $18,630
Akron, OH 1,250 $8.27 $17,200
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,180 $8.32 $17,300
Richmond, VA 1,170 $8.29 $17,240
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 1,110 $8.78 $18,260
Oklahoma City, OK 1,060 $7.54 $15,670
Naples-Marco Island, FL 1,050 $10.03 $20,870
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1,040 $9.21 $19,160
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 1,020 $8.35 $17,370
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 1,010 $9.39 $19,540
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 970 $8.00 $16,630
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 970 $10.06 $20,920
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 920 $8.33 $17,320
Wilmington, NC 910 $7.90 $16,420
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 860 $8.96 $18,650
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 860 $8.92 $18,560
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 750 $7.65 $15,920
Lakeland, FL 750 $7.89 $16,400
Durham, NC 710 $8.47 $17,620
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 710 $9.29 $19,330
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 700 $10.18 $21,170
Valdosta, GA 680 $9.37 $19,480
Albuquerque, NM 640 $9.34 $19,430
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 620 $9.05 $18,820
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 620 $9.27 $19,290
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 620 $8.55 $17,790
Greensboro-High Point, NC 600 $7.95 $16,530
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 600 $8.90 $18,500
Honolulu, HI 590 $9.93 $20,660
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 590 $9.14 $19,010
Tucson, AZ 580 $8.24 $17,140
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 570 $9.41 $19,560
Tulsa, OK 570 $9.12 $18,980
Greenville, SC 570 $7.54 $15,680
Boise City-Nampa, ID 570 $11.35 $23,600
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 560 $8.48 $17,630
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 560 $8.39 $17,440
Lancaster, PA 550 $8.85 $18,410
Rochester, NY 550 $9.24 $19,210
Fresno, CA 540 $8.82 $18,350
Bakersfield, CA 510 $9.24 $19,210
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 510 $9.57 $19,920
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 510 $7.93 $16,490
Provo-Orem, UT 500 $8.42 $17,510
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 500 $9.46 $19,680
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 470 $9.69 $20,150
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 460 $8.99 $18,700
Spokane, WA 460 $10.13 $21,080
Toledo, OH 460 $8.38 $17,430
Erie, PA 450 $8.44 $17,560
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 450 $11.68 $24,300
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 440 $9.40 $19,560
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 430 $9.50 $19,760
Reno-Sparks, NV 430 $9.05 $18,820
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 430 $8.57 $17,820
Colorado Springs, CO 430 $8.57 $17,830
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 410 $8.91 $18,530
Columbia, SC 390 $8.19 $17,030
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 390 $9.43 $19,620
Winston-Salem, NC 390 $8.00 $16,640
Peoria, IL 380 $8.51 $17,700
Fort Wayne, IN 380 $8.49 $17,670
Ocean City, NJ 380 $8.75 $18,210
El Paso, TX 370 $8.60 $17,890
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 370 $10.19 $21,200
Wichita, KS 370 $9.53 $19,820
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 370 $9.11 $18,950
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 360 $8.45 $17,570
Madison, WI 360 $9.66 $20,090
Baton Rouge, LA 360 $7.42 $15,440
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 350 $7.76 $16,130
Dayton, OH 340 $9.41 $19,570
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 340 $8.94 $18,600
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 330 $10.31 $21,450
Duluth, MN-WI 330 $9.09 $18,910
Atlantic City, NJ 310 $9.34 $19,420
Knoxville, TN 300 $7.53 $15,650
Mobile, AL 290 $7.85 $16,320
Montgomery, AL 290 $8.03 $16,700
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 290 $9.85 $20,480
Worcester, MA-CT 290 $9.64 $20,060
Canton-Massillon, OH 290 $7.96 $16,560
Napa, CA 280 $11.02 $22,920
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 280 $7.74 $16,100
Savannah, GA 270 $8.81 $18,320
Chattanooga, TN-GA 270 $8.00 $16,640
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 270 $8.61 $17,900
Racine, WI 270 $8.63 $17,940
Iowa City, IA 270 $8.96 $18,630
Lake Charles, LA 270 $8.32 $17,310
Sioux Falls, SD 270 $9.09 $18,910
Stockton, CA 260 $9.40 $19,550
Glens Falls, NY 260 $8.20 $17,050
Reading, PA 260 $8.98 $18,680
Greenville, NC 260 $7.60 $15,810
Modesto, CA 260 $8.91 $18,530
Salinas, CA 260 $10.08 $20,960
Asheville, NC 260 $8.39 $17,450
Burlington, NC 250 $7.76 $16,150
Medford, OR 250 $8.94 $18,590
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 250 $10.38 $21,590
Springfield, MO 250 $9.35 $19,440
Anchorage, AK 240 $9.06 $18,850
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 240 $9.49 $19,750
Columbus, GA-AL 240 $11.17 $23,230
Wheeling, WV-OH 240 $7.51 $15,620
Eau Claire, WI 240 $7.50 $15,610
Rapid City, SD 240 $7.93 $16,490
Boulder, CO 240 $10.06 $20,930
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 230 $8.61 $17,910
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 230 $9.13 $18,990
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 230 $8.02 $16,680
Chico, CA 230 $9.16 $19,060
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 230 $9.00 $18,710
Syracuse, NY 230 $10.51 $21,870
Champaign-Urbana, IL 230 $10.11 $21,020
Lincoln, NE 230 $9.21 $19,150
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 220 $8.36 $17,400
Olympia, WA 220 $9.98 $20,760
Visalia-Porterville, CA 220 $8.96 $18,640
Yuba City, CA 220 $9.42 $19,600
Huntsville, AL 220 $8.38 $17,430
Gainesville, GA 220 $8.90 $18,520
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 210 $8.90 $18,520
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 210 $9.10 $18,930
Albany, GA 200 $7.29 $15,170
Portsmouth, NH-ME 200 $9.17 $19,070
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 200 $8.80 $18,310
Tyler, TX 200 $7.88 $16,390
St. Cloud, MN 200 $9.13 $18,980
Bellingham, WA 200 $9.67 $20,110
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 200 $10.46 $21,760
La Crosse, WI-MN 200 $9.81 $20,400
Green Bay, WI 190 $8.79 $18,280
Amarillo, TX 190 $7.37 $15,330
Ann Arbor, MI 180 $10.15 $21,100
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 180 $9.56 $19,880
Charleston, WV 180 $8.13 $16,910
Redding, CA 180 $9.00 $18,730
Eugene-Springfield, OR 180 $9.44 $19,640
Barnstable Town, MA 170 $10.22 $21,270
Grand Forks, ND-MN 170 $8.31 $17,290
Wichita Falls, TX 170 $8.18 $17,010
Charlottesville, VA 170 $7.95 $16,540
Roanoke, VA 170 $7.85 $16,340
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 170 $10.60 $22,050
Utica-Rome, NY 170 $8.56 $17,800
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 170 $11.44 $23,790
Macon, GA 170 $7.58 $15,770
Salem, OR 160 $9.31 $19,370
College Station-Bryan, TX 160 $7.91 $16,450
Dalton, GA 160 $8.29 $17,250
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 160 $7.95 $16,530
Gainesville, FL 160 $9.25 $19,250
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 160 $9.67 $20,110
Pittsfield, MA 160 $11.10 $23,080
Battle Creek, MI 150 $7.91 $16,450
Bend, OR 150 $10.72 $22,300
Lafayette, IN 150 $7.90 $16,430
Harrisonburg, VA 150 $9.11 $18,950
Fargo, ND-MN 150 $8.48 $17,630
Rome, GA 150 $8.12 $16,880
Idaho Falls, ID 140 $7.55 $15,690
Fayetteville, NC 140 $7.59 $15,790
Bloomington-Normal, IL 140 $8.63 $17,940
Rochester, MN 140 $9.18 $19,100
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 140 $8.55 $17,780
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 140 $8.03 $16,700
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 140 $8.14 $16,920
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 140 $9.48 $19,710
Coeur d'Alene, ID 140 $7.91 $16,450
State College, PA 140 $8.21 $17,070
Flagstaff, AZ 140 $11.74 $24,420
Corpus Christi, TX 130 $10.70 $22,260
Morgantown, WV 130 $9.39 $19,540
York-Hanover, PA 130 $8.85 $18,400
Lubbock, TX 130 $9.36 $19,470
Topeka, KS 130 $8.15 $16,960
Ocala, FL 130 $7.95 $16,530
Dothan, AL 130 $7.29 $15,160
Cedar Rapids, IA 120 $9.09 $18,900
Evansville, IN-KY 120 $8.57 $17,830
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 120 $11.35 $23,610
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 120 $8.54 $17,760
Longview, TX 120 $8.25 $17,160
Merced, CA 120 $9.34 $19,420
Warner Robins, GA 120 $7.30 $15,180
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 120 $10.39 $21,600
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 120 $8.21 $17,080
St. George, UT 120 $8.22 $17,100
Brunswick, GA 120 $7.33 $15,240
Athens-Clarke County, GA 120 $7.80 $16,230
Decatur, IL 120 $9.36 $19,460
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 120 $8.16 $16,970
Rockford, IL 120 $9.02 $18,760
Las Cruces, NM 120 $9.55 $19,860
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 110 $8.35 $17,370
Lima, OH 110 $7.52 $15,630
Joplin, MO 110 Not available Not available
Dover, DE 110 $9.82 $20,430
Wausau, WI 110 $9.41 $19,580
Grand Junction, CO 110 $8.31 $17,290
New Haven, CT 110 $10.55 $21,940
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 100 $7.67 $15,960
Punta Gorda, FL 100 $8.26 $17,190
Yakima, WA 100 $9.26 $19,260
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 100 $9.60 $19,960
Lexington-Fayette, KY 100 $8.57 $17,830
Goldsboro, NC 100 $8.03 $16,700
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 100 $8.02 $16,670
Muncie, IN 100 $9.67 $20,110
Bloomington, IN 90 $7.59 $15,780
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 90 $10.36 $21,540
Auburn-Opelika, AL 90 $7.44 $15,470
Billings, MT 90 $8.27 $17,200
Odessa, TX 90 $8.17 $17,000
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 90 $9.24 $19,220
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 90 $8.20 $17,060
Lafayette, LA 90 $7.87 $16,360
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 80 $7.21 $15,000
Columbia, MO 80 $10.89 $22,650
Manchester, NH 80 $8.74 $18,180
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 80 Not available Not available
Lynchburg, VA 80 $8.71 $18,120
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 80 $8.81 $18,330
San Angelo, TX 70 $7.22 $15,010
Hot Springs, AR 70 $8.88 $18,480
Anderson, SC 70 $7.36 $15,300
Farmington, NM 70 $8.71 $18,120
Cleveland, TN 70 $7.53 $15,670
Terre Haute, IN 70 $8.43 $17,530
Missoula, MT 70 $7.41 $15,400
Pueblo, CO 70 $8.27 $17,190
Great Falls, MT 70 $7.58 $15,770
Midland, TX 70 $8.69 $18,080
Binghamton, NY 60 $7.91 $16,440
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 60 $10.53 $21,900
Waco, TX 60 $8.49 $17,660
Bay City, MI 60 $8.24 $17,130
Florence, SC 60 $8.65 $17,980
Lebanon, PA 60 $7.72 $16,060
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 60 $9.90 $20,600
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 50 $7.83 $16,290
El Centro, CA 50 $9.04 $18,810
Abilene, TX 50 $9.11 $18,960
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 50 $8.75 $18,210
Johnson City, TN 50 $8.66 $18,000
Lawrence, KS 50 $7.97 $16,580
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 50 $10.88 $22,630
Casper, WY 50 $10.25 $21,330
Santa Fe, NM 50 $10.72 $22,300
Monroe, LA 50 $8.46 $17,610
Danville, IL 40 $8.48 $17,640
Logan, UT-ID 40 $8.27 $17,190
Victoria, TX 40 $7.77 $16,160
Madera, CA 40 $8.87 $18,450
Jackson, MI 40 $9.97 $20,730
Hattiesburg, MS 40 $8.40 $17,480
Pascagoula, MS 40 $7.86 $16,360
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 40 $9.61 $19,990
Decatur, AL 40 $10.66 $22,180
Ponce, PR 40 $7.21 $15,000
Danville, VA 40 $7.05 $14,670
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 40 $7.59 $15,790
Ames, IA 30 $8.27 $17,200
Longview, WA 30 $9.29 $19,330
Kingston, NY 30 Not available Not available
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Not available $9.29 $19,320
Sandusky, OH Not available $8.11 $16,880
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Not available $9.71 $20,190
Spartanburg, SC Not available $7.85 $16,330
Bismarck, ND Not available $8.38 $17,430
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Not available $8.77 $18,240
Waterbury, CT Not available $9.89 $20,580
Springfield, IL Not available $12.19 $25,350
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division Not available $9.28 $19,300
Jacksonville, NC Not available $7.57 $15,750
Wenatchee, WA Not available $9.89 $20,580
Kokomo, IN Not available $6.76 $14,060
Jackson, MS Not available $9.02 $18,760
Framingham, MA NECTA Division Not available $9.86 $20,500
Peabody, MA NECTA Division Not available $12.58 $26,170
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Not available $10.02 $20,840
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division Not available $10.12 $21,050
Johnstown, PA Not available $9.35 $19,450
Winchester, VA-WV Not available $7.14 $14,840
Danbury, CT Not available $12.55 $26,100
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $9.67 $20,120
Monroe, MI Not available $8.06 $16,760
Appleton, WI Not available $10.79 $22,440
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Not available $7.53 $15,670
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Not available $8.52 $17,730
Palm Coast, FL Not available $9.59 $19,950
Greeley, CO Not available $10.48 $21,800
Prescott, AZ Not available $9.26 $19,260
Yuma, AZ Not available $10.29 $21,400
Jefferson City, MO Not available $9.31 $19,370
Lawton, OK Not available $9.78 $20,340
Williamsport, PA Not available $10.15 $21,120
Anniston-Oxford, AL Not available $8.25 $17,160
Janesville, WI Not available $7.27 $15,130
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Not available $7.91 $16,440
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