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Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants

Keep locker rooms and dressing rooms running.

$36,300
Median pay
+6.4%
Job growth, 2025–35
4,000
Openings a year
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical education
None required
Typical time after high school

Here's what you actually need to know.

The work

What people in this job do

  • Clean facilities such as floors or locker rooms.
  • Provide towels and sheets to clients in public baths, steam rooms, and restrooms.
  • Collect soiled linen or clothing for laundering.
  • Refer guest problems or complaints to supervisors.
  • Maintain a lost-and-found collection.

The outlook

How the forecast changed this year

2024–34 edition+6.4%2025–35 edition+6.4%
Projected 10-year growth in last year's and this year's BLS projections. 4,200 → 4,000 openings a year.

The deeper question

What kind of person does this path ask you to become?

What this work centers on

Information & systems
5.6
Objects & tools
4.2
People & care
4.1
Persuasion & leadership
2.5
Creation & expression
1.6
Ideas & analysis
1.0

O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.

The work

Do you want most of your days spent on information & systems, then objects & tools?

Responsibility

Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?

“Clean facilities such as floors or locker rooms.”

Development

What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?

Service Orientation, Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness.

Trade-offs

What does it ask of you in exchange?

No degree beyond high school, though short-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $36,300 a year and 4,000 openings nationally each year.

Paths in

Degrees that lead here

  • NO MATCHCIP 99.9999

Paths across

Careers that use similar skills

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Sources

  1. BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  2. BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  3. O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
  4. CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.