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Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers · SOC 39-3031

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$34,020
Median hourly wage$16.36

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $34,020 per year ($16.36 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,180 at the 10th percentile to $42,870 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,710 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers in the Boston metro area earn more than $34,020 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $33,670 and $36,010.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,180$33,670$34,020$36,010$42,870
Hourly$15.47$16.19$16.36$17.31$20.61

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $34,020
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $33,940
  • United Statesnational
    $32,910

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Massachusetts overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,100$28,987$36,873$44,760Hattiesburg, MS — $21,100Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $21,390Montgomery, AL — $21,430Erie, PA — $21,550El Paso, TX — $21,730York-Hanover, PA — $21,810San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $21,840Lubbock, TX — $21,850Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $21,880San Angelo, TX — $21,920Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $22,030Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $22,070McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $22,080Bowling Green, KY — $22,140Columbia, SC — $22,400Killeen-Temple, TX — $22,590Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $22,740Twin Falls, ID — $22,800Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $22,920Fayetteville, NC — $23,050Corpus Christi, TX — $23,290Paducah, KY-IL — $23,730Akron, OH — $23,740Tulsa, OK — $23,750Altoona, PA — $23,830Williamsport, PA — $23,880Decatur, AL — $23,960Gettysburg, PA — $24,020Greenville, NC — $24,030Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $24,050Birmingham, AL — $24,190Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $24,350Lexington-Fayette, KY — $24,990Columbus, GA-AL — $25,090San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $25,480Lake Charles, LA — $25,700Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $25,710Canton-Massillon, OH — $25,800Youngstown-Warren, OH — $25,840Eau Claire, WI — $26,090Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $26,280Oklahoma City, OK — $26,290Sheboygan, WI — $26,360Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $26,410Charleston, WV — $26,630Ogden, UT — $26,640La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $26,690Appleton, WI — $26,780Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $26,860Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $26,870Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $26,930Topeka, KS — $26,940Chattanooga, TN-GA — $27,030Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $27,230Reading, PA — $27,270Asheville, NC — $27,320Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $27,360New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $27,400Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $27,420Duluth, MN-WI — $27,420Wichita, KS — $27,420St. George, UT — $27,560College Station-Bryan, TX — $27,650Madison, WI — $27,840Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $27,860Raleigh-Cary, NC — $27,940Ocala, FL — $28,010Lancaster, PA — $28,050Gainesville, FL — $28,070Lincoln, NE — $28,080Albuquerque, NM — $28,230Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $28,260Columbus, OH — $28,350Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $28,360Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,380Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $28,420Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $28,440Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $28,500Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $28,520Jacksonville, FL — $28,520Port St. Lucie, FL — $28,570Springfield, MO — $28,750Omaha, NE-IA — $28,760Richmond, VA — $28,860Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $28,940Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $29,040Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $29,110Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $29,110Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $29,120Cleveland, OH — $29,230Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $29,350Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $29,380Fargo, ND-MN — $29,440Wilmington, NC — $29,520Knoxville, TN — $29,560Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $29,700Charlottesville, VA — $29,730Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $29,750Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $29,840Naples-Marco Island, FL — $29,960Winston-Salem, NC — $30,000Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $30,110Urban Honolulu, HI — $30,210Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $30,350North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $30,360Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $30,410Rapid City, SD — $30,410Bangor, ME — $30,470Lawton, OK — $30,520Tucson, AZ — $30,580Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $30,590Reno, NV — $30,690Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $30,710Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $30,720Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $30,990Boise City, ID — $31,200Columbia, MO — $31,200Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200Peoria, IL — $31,200St. Joseph, MO-KS — $31,200St. Louis, MO-IL — $31,200Bloomington, IL — $31,220Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $31,510Pittsburgh, PA — $31,670Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $31,670Salem, OR — $31,760Fort Wayne, IN — $31,930Worcester, MA — $32,150Niles, MI — $32,200Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $32,220Kansas City, MO-KS — $32,480Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $32,510Dubuque, IA — $32,720Roanoke, VA — $32,720Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $32,840Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $32,920Glens Falls, NY — $32,990Syracuse, NY — $33,220Rochester, NY — $33,250Eugene-Springfield, OR — $33,260Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $33,270Burlington, NC — $33,300Pittsfield, MA — $33,470Medford, OR — $33,510Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $33,540Greensboro-High Point, NC — $33,650Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $33,700Barnstable Town, MA — $33,730Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $33,780Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $33,960Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $34,020Anchorage, AK — $34,120Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $34,150Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $34,200Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $34,250Bend, OR — $34,420Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $34,420Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $34,610Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $34,730Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $34,920Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $35,000New Haven, CT — $35,020Colorado Springs, CO — $35,080Ann Arbor, MI — $35,090Fresno, CA — $35,140Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $35,150Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $35,210Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $35,310Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $35,380Kennewick-Richland, WA — $35,470Stockton-Lodi, CA — $35,680Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $35,860Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,080Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $36,080Bellingham, WA — $36,180Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,280Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $36,320San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $36,380Salinas, CA — $36,390Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $36,550Modesto, CA — $36,680Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $36,680Portland-South Portland, ME — $36,710San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $37,220Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $37,640Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,870Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $38,090Napa, CA — $38,230New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $38,310Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,380Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $39,100Bozeman, MT — $39,120San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $42,860Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $44,250San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $44,760

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 45th-highest published median for this occupation among the 195 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $34,020
  • Barnstable Town metro area
    $33,730
  • Pittsfield metro area
    $33,470
  • Worcester metro area
    $32,150

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Childcare Workers$41,590Recreation Workers$38,770Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$37,430Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$65,190Animal Caretakers$39,850Manicurists and Pedicurists$35,480

Highest-paying metro areas for ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takerss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.