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.
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.
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View all Admin & Office roles →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.
Median pay for a Ticket Scheduler is about $58K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $39K to $85K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Active Listening, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 1.8% through 2034, with roughly 385,000 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Project Manager, Project Scheduler, and Implementation Project Manager.
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