Mid-Level

Ticket Scheduler

Inside a transit, entertainment-venue, or sports operation, you schedule ticketed events — building event calendars, coordinating venue availability, managing on-sale schedules, supporting ticket-system configuration for upcoming events.

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Job markets for Ticket Schedulers
Employment concentration · ~383 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Ticket Scheduler

A typical week often involves event-calendar maintenance, on-sale scheduling, venue and promoter coordination, and the steady cadence of ticket-system support — entering new events into the ticket system, scheduling on-sale and presale windows, coordinating with promoters and venues, supporting box-office and customer-service teams. You're often the operational layer between event programming and ticket-system reality. Event setup accuracy and on-sale execution are the operating measures.

What surprises people new to the role is the volume of small system configurations — pricing tiers, seating maps, on-sale parameters, and access codes each require precise setup, and small errors surface immediately at on-sale. Venue variance shapes the role: major sports and entertainment venues handle dozens of events monthly; specialty venues run fewer but more complex setups.

The role tends to suit people who are detail-oriented, comfortable with ticket-system software, and reliable under on-sale pressure. Ticket-platform credentials and venue-operations training anchor advancement. The trade-off is the on-sale stress — major event on-sales attract immediate public attention, and setup errors surface publicly within minutes.

IndependenceAbove avg
SupportModerate
Working ConditionsModerate
RelationshipsModerate
AchievementModerate
RecognitionLower
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
INDUSTRIES PAYING ABOVE AVERAGE
1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Ticket Schedulers (SOC 43-5061.00), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$39K–$85K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
385K
U.S. Employment
-1.8%
10yr Growth
34K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$64K$61K$59K$56K$53K201920202021202220232024$53K$64K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

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O*NET OnLine · Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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