Career Explorer Personal care
Grows with AI
First-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of entertainment and recreation related workers.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 57% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +5.3% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $48,560
- Job growth to 2035
- +5.3%
- Openings a year
- 10,600
- People doing it (2025)
- 109,000
- Usual route in
- High school diploma
Where people already use AI for this work
- Explain regulations, policies, or procedures
- Respond to customer problems or inquiries
- Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Evaluate personnel capabilities or performance
- Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures
- Inspect facilities or equipment
What the work looks like
- Assign work schedules, following work requirements, to ensure quality and timely delivery of service.
- Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.
- Furnish customers with information on events or activities.
- Collaborate with staff members to plan or develop programs of events or schedules of activities.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding worker performance or services rendered.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Community health workersGrows with AI, Index 80, +12.7%
- Recreation workersHuman edge, growing, Index 87, +4.3%
- Residential advisorsGrows with AI, Index 63, +3.5%
- Exercise trainers and group fitness instructorsHuman edge, growing, Index 99, +7.3%
Also known as: Guest Services Manager, Hair Salon Manager, Recreation Coordinator, Salon Manager, Caddymaster, Community Life Director, Guest Services Supervisor, Recreation Supervisor.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.