Theater attendant vs box office attendant

The differences between theater attendants and box office attendants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a theater attendant has an average salary of $29,843, which is higher than the $28,816 average annual salary of a box office attendant.

The top three skills for a theater attendant include cleanliness, POS and customer service. The most important skills for a box office attendant are POS, STARS, and cash handling.

Theater attendant vs box office attendant overview

	Theater Attendant	Box Office Attendant
Yearly salary	$29,843	$28,816
Hourly rate	$14.35	$13.85
Growth rate	14%	-5%
Number of jobs	45,121	81,537
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Average age	43	47
Years of experience	-	2

Theater attendant vs box office attendant salary

Theater attendants and box office attendants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Theater Attendant	Box Office Attendant
Average salary	$29,843	$28,816
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $37,000	Between $22,000 And $37,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between theater attendant and box office attendant education

There are a few differences between a theater attendant and a box office attendant in terms of educational background:

	Theater Attendant	Box Office Attendant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Western Carolina University

Theater attendant vs box office attendant demographics

Here are the differences between theater attendants' and box office attendants' demographics:

	Theater Attendant	Box Office Attendant
Average age	43	47
Gender ratio	Male, 49.4% Female, 50.6%	Male, 33.5% Female, 66.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.4% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 21.0% Asian, 6.3% White, 59.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 10.0% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 7.9% White, 57.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	13%	6%

Differences between theater attendant and box office attendant duties and responsibilities

Theater attendant example responsibilities.

Manage a team in setting up, serving, and bartending private events.
Keep records on individual pet, including daily observations and information activities perform, meals sever, and medication administer.
Help with efforts to drive sales revenues to meet or exceed daily sales quotas for AMC memberships.

Box office attendant example responsibilities.

Assist in managing social media accounts on Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr to promote events and productions.
Manage operational FedEx relationship through order fulfillment, shipment tracking, and communication with parties involve in shipment transaction.
Learned and become fluent in ticketing program (Provenue, Archtics).
Maintain accurate patron database using Tessitura.
Create advertisements via Microsoft PowerPoint which promote upcoming concerts.
Utilize Tessitura for patron-ticketing purchases, updating constituent information, volunteer usher database and communications.

Theater attendant vs box office attendant skills

Common theater attendant skills

Cleanliness, 40%
POS, 18%
Customer Service, 16%
Ticket Sales, 8%
Concession Stand, 7%
Greeting Guests, 2%

Common box office attendant skills

POS, 17%
STARS, 15%
Cash Handling, 15%
Ticket Sales, 15%
Ticket Orders, 9%
Customer Service, 5%

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