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Management

Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling

Typically requires Bachelor's degree

What is this page & how do I use it?

This is a research report for one career — the kind an analyst would write for a stock. The rating at the top is the neutral baseline (same for everyone); below it come the cases for and against, how the last official forecast for this career actually aged, and what the education path costs and pays.

How to use it: read the bulls-vs-bears case, then hit Score this career to weigh it against your other options with your own interests factored in.

CareerStar rating
MixedMedium uncertainty
top 8% of all 730 careers

Analyst take: Strong market prospects — +7.7% projected growth, low AI exposure (35/100).

61
/ 100
low riskhigh
top row = high reward

Data note: O*NET 29.0 doesn’t cover this SOC code yet, so its skill profile (used for fit, moat, and related careers) is estimated from sibling occupations in the same SOC group — see methodology.

Moat (borrowed from investing — the water that defends a castle): how shielded this career is from AI. Narrow = some shelter, but AI can reach a real share of its tasks.

The small grid is a style box (borrowed from Morningstar’s fund reports): the blue square places this career on reward (top row = high) versus risk (left column = low), against all 730 careers. Medium uncertainty means the score leans partly on forward-looking bets like AI exposure, so treat the exact number loosely.

🐂 Bulls say
  • +Strong projected growth — outpaces 87% of careers (+7.7%).
  • +High pay — above 72% of careers ($77,180).
  • +Low AI exposure — resilient (35% of tasks exposed).
🐻 Bears say
  • Its softest spot: it carries some AI exposure (35% of tasks).
Was this rating fair?
Projected growth
+7.7%
Median pay
$77,180
AI exposure
35/100
share of tasks exposed to AI — not job loss

Education & ROI — how to get here

Real outcomes for the college majors that feed this occupation, across 3,824 bachelor’s programs.

Median earnings
$37,811
1 year after graduating
Typical debt
$26,000
median federal debt
Pay-to-debt
1.5×
first-year pay ÷ debt
Feeder majors
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBusiness Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness/CommerceGolf Course Operation and Grounds ManagementTourism and Travel Services Management
Selective schools offering these majors
Harvard University
MA · 4% admit rate
$85,540/yr
$101,817 grad pay
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MA · 5% admit rate
$82,730/yr
$143,372 grad pay
Northeastern University
MA · 5% admit rate
$84,641/yr
$92,538 grad pay
University of Pennsylvania
PA · 5% admit rate
$89,028/yr
$111,371 grad pay
Johns Hopkins University
MD · 6% admit rate
$85,947/yr
$87,555 grad pay
Northwestern University
IL · 8% admit rate
$91,250/yr
$89,363 grad pay

Earnings & debt from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard; majors mapped to this occupation via the NCES CIP→SOC crosswalk. A grounded ROI snapshot, not a guarantee — pay varies widely by school and specialty.

What this work involves

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