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First-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services

Typically requires High school diploma or equivalent

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 38% of all 730 careers

Analyst take: Decent prospects — +6.3% projected growth, low AI exposure (37/100).

46
/ 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. None = broadly exposed — many of its tasks are automatable and its skills are widely shared. (Exposure ≠ job loss; see the bears below.)

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 82% of careers (+6.3%).
  • +Low AI exposure — resilient (37% of tasks exposed).
🐻 Bears say
  • Below-median pay ($46,900).
Was this rating fair?
Projected growth
+6.3%
Median pay
$46,900
AI exposure
37/100
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 30 bachelor’s programs.

Median earnings
$23,048
1 year after graduating
Typical debt
median federal debt
Pay-to-debt
first-year pay ÷ debt
Feeder majors
Outdoor Education
Selective schools offering these majors
Brevard College
NC · 42% admit rate
$47,288/yr
$43,545 grad pay
State University of New York at Cortland
NY · 60% admit rate
$28,108/yr
$60,236 grad pay
Young Harris College
GA · 63% admit rate
$48,301/yr
$47,195 grad pay
Asbury University
KY · 63% admit rate
$47,459/yr
$42,368 grad pay
Northwest Nazarene University
ID · 65% admit rate
$55,163/yr
$51,719 grad pay
Toccoa Falls College
GA · 66% admit rate
$37,561/yr
$36,630 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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