Also called: Event Staff, Production Crew
Builds and tears down stages, booths, and displays for events and promotions.
You unload trucks, set up tents and lighting for a festival sponsor booth, work the event, and pack it all up by midnight.
Hourly; often gig-based.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. No formal education required.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. AI and robots won't set up tents and stages anytime soon; heavy, hands-on event work holds steady.
Age 18+. One way to start: Sign up with event staffing companies or local venues for setup and teardown crew
Classes: Construction or woodshop, Theater tech crew, Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-3093.
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