Career Explorer Personal care
Human edge, growing
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.
More resilient than most: more resilient than 76% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is moderate (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it moderate), and US jobs are projected to change by +6.4% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence.
AI struggles with much of this work, and US employers are expected to hire more people into it than average.
- Median pay (2025)
- $36,300
- Job growth to 2035
- +6.4%
- Openings a year
- 4,000
- People doing it (2025)
- 16,000
- Usual route in
- High school diploma, then short on-the-job training
Where people already use AI for this work
- Respond to customer problems or inquiries
- Explain regulations, policies, or procedures
- Monitor individual behavior or performance
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Distribute materials, supplies, or resources
- Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas
- Move materials, equipment, or supplies
What the work looks like
- Clean facilities such as floors or locker rooms.
- Provide towels and sheets to clients in public baths, steam rooms, and restrooms.
- Operate washing machines and dryers to clean soiled apparel and towels.
- Collect soiled linen or clothing for laundering.
- Refer guest problems or complaints to supervisors.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: Ladies Locker Room Attendant, Locker Attendant, Locker Room Attendant, Spa Attendant, Attendant, Coat Check Attendant, Coat Checker, Coat Room Attendant.
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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.