Amusement and Recreation Attendants · SOC 39-3091

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Amusement and Recreation Attendantss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for amusement and recreation attendants. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 369 metro areas

Amusement and Recreation Attendants: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$49,020	710	9.7
2	Anchorage, AK	$45,780	170	1.0
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$42,850	2,860	2.5
4	Fairbanks-College, AK	$41,390	40	1.2
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$40,140	5,800	2.4
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$39,330	3,860	1.9
7	Vallejo, CA	$38,580	650	4.5
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$38,000	9,590	3.1
9	Napa, CA	$37,820	290	3.8
10	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$37,760	760	3.7
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$37,630	22,410	3.6
12	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$37,150	660	6.7
13	Boulder, CO	$37,140	730	3.8
14	Urban Honolulu, HI	$36,630	2,260	5.1
15	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$36,510	5,860	3.8
16	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$36,500	130	2.4
17	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$36,330	190	2.0
18	Salinas, CA	$36,290	520	2.8
19	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$36,240	5,330	3.3
20	Longview-Kelso, WA	$36,240	60	1.3
21	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$36,050	150	2.8
22	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$36,010	3,390	3.1
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$35,970	1,840	1.5
24	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$35,910	18,420	1.9
25	Portland-South Portland, ME	$35,810	650	2.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Amusement and Recreation Attendants overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.