How likely is AI to replace Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers?

Published research puts Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers at 26 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 6 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.

Do researchers agree on the risk for Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers?

Only partly. Individual estimates for Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers run from 11 to 47 out of 100 across the 6 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.

Which personal services roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published personal services roles to Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers by score are Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants (26/100), Animal Caretakers (25/100), and Residential Advisors (30/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

Occupation baseline · Research consensus

Will AI replace Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers?

Lower risk

Baseline AI displacement risk for Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers, aggregated from 6 research sources.

What this score means

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers leans toward the safer end for Personal Services. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands on work or judgment that resists automation. At 26 out of 100 it sits close to the Personal Services average of 24. Across the 6 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 11 to 47, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers, most central first, showing 12 of 23.

01Greet patrons attending entertainment events.
02Sell or collect admission tickets, passes, or facility memberships from patrons at entertainment events.
03Clean facilities.
04Settle seating disputes or help solve other customer concerns.
05Examine tickets or passes to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color or date issued.
06Provide assistance with patrons' special needs, such as helping those with wheelchairs.
07Guide patrons to exits or provide other instructions or assistance in case of emergency.
08Refuse admittance to undesirable persons or persons without tickets or passes.
09Assist patrons by giving directions to points in or outside of the facility or providing information about local attractions.
10Assist patrons in finding seats, lighting the way with flashlights, if necessary.
11Maintain order and ensure adherence to safety rules.
12Search for lost articles or for parents of lost children.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 6 research sources that scored Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
03Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025International Labour Organization, Working Paper 140 (2025)
04Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
05GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
06AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers?: Published research puts Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers at 26 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 6 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers?: Only partly. Individual estimates for Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers run from 11 to 47 out of 100 across the 6 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
Which personal services roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published personal services roles to Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers by score are Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants (26/100), Animal Caretakers (25/100), and Residential Advisors (30/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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