The Datum Report

Occupation 9267 · Elementary occupations

Leisure and theme park attendants

Leisure and theme park attendants monitor the operation of amusement arcades, check tickets of entry to theatres and cinemas and show people to their seats, operate rides at funfairs and theme parks, entertain and look after guests at holiday camps and supervise museums and art galleries.

How people enter it

There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically received on-the-job.

What the work involves

Also called

Arcade assistant · Art gallery assistant · Cinema attendant · Museum attendant · Ride operator · Steward (sports ground) · Usher

What it pays

MeasureHoursBasisPeriodValueSource
9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None None 2026-03 37,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None None 2026-03 40,600.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None None 2026-03 44,800.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None None 2026-03 1,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None None 2026-03 4,100.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None None 2026-03 45,900.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None None 2026-03 2,700.00 ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

RegionMeasureHoursValuePeriod
East 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 5,200.00 2026-03
East Midlands 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 3,200.00 2026-03
London 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 6,300.00 2026-03
North East 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None withheld 2026-03
North West 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 4,000.00 2026-03
Northern Ireland 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 1,100.00 2026-03
Scotland 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 4,100.00 2026-03
South East 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 6,400.00 2026-03
South West 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 5,300.00 2026-03
Wales 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 2,700.00 2026-03
West Midlands 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 3,300.00 2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber 9267 : Leisure and theme park attendants None 3,800.00 2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for leisure and theme park attendants vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 11 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Bar and catering supervisors · Bar staff · Coffee shop workers · Hospital porters · Kitchen and catering assistants · Other elementary services occupations n.e.c. · Waiters and waitresses