Verdict
Amusement and Recreation Attendants and Recreation Workers are effectively tied on AI exposure (25 vs 25). Choose on pay, interest and entry cost — not on automation risk.
Personal Care
25 /100
Digital check-in is replacing ticket punching, but ride boarding, safety oversight, and equipment care stay hands-on.
Full risk profile →Personal Care
25 /100
Recreation work is grounded in physical presence, real-time safety oversight, and community relationship-building.
Full risk profile →| Metric | Amusement and Recreation Attendants | Recreation Workers |
|---|---|---|
| AI Fear Score | 25/100 | 25/100 |
| Risk band | Resilient | Resilient |
| Automation probability | 25% | 25% |
| LLM task exposure | 25% | 25% |
| Median pay (BLS) | $30,490 | $35,380 |
| US workers | 371,590 | 309,640 |
| Timeline | App-based booking and kiosk check-in are displacing scheduling and ticketing tasks now; hands-on safety and guest assistance work will remain human-led through the late 2020s. | AI will streamline scheduling and reporting, but the physical, community-facing core of this work is resilient through the decade. |
For long-tail occupations the two research anchors share a single AI-reviewed exposure estimate — see the methodology.
The usual pivots that reuse your experience while cutting exposure: Parks and recreation program director, Therapeutic recreation specialist, Community center manager. See the full plan →
They're effectively tied: Amusement and Recreation Attendants scores 25/100 and Recreation Workers scores 25/100 on our AI exposure scale.
Recreation Workers pays more at the median: $35,380 vs $30,490 (BLS May 2024).
Scores are estimates, not predictions — two research anchors applied to task mixes, with BLS May-2024 wages and employment. Not career advice.