How to become a Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendant

Official title: Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants

Also called: Attendant, Coat Check Attendant, Coat Checker, Coat Room Attendant, Fitting Room Attendant, Ladies Locker Room Attendant, Locker Attendant, Locker Room Attendant, Mens Locker Room Attendant, Spa Attendant

Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.

Main tasks

• 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.
• Clean and polish footwear, using brushes, sponges, cleaning fluid, polishes, waxes, liquid or sole dressing, and daubers.
• Check supplies to ensure adequate availability, and order new supplies when necessary.
• Report and document safety hazards, potentially hazardous conditions, and unsafe practices and procedures.

How to become one

Typical education to start: High school diploma or equivalent

Ways in

• Licence: A licence is required in 7 states.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $36,300 a year The middle half earn $31,200 to $43,880.
• About 16,000 people work in this job now, and about 17,100 are projected by 2035. (+6.4%)
• People already use generative AI for some of this work. Microsoft Research rates its AI applicability as medium.

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Questions people ask

How much does a Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendant earn in the US?

Median full-time pay is $36,300 a year (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). The middle half earn $31,200 to $43,880.

Is a Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendant a growing career in the US?

Yes. Employment is projected to grow 6% by 2035, from about 16,000 to about 17,100 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Do you need a degree to become a Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendant?

Not always. 32% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendant?

People already use generative AI for some of this work. Microsoft Research rates its AI applicability as medium.

Sources

• Microsoft Research: Working with AI: AI applicability by occupation (2025-12-22 (built on O*NET 29.0)), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-03
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Projections (2025-35 (released 2026-08-27)), Public domain (BLS), retrieved 2026-10-03
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025), Public domain (BLS), retrieved 2026-10-03

Updated 2026-10-03

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