Also called: Ticket Reseller, Secondary Market Ticket Broker
Buys and resells tickets to concerts and big games on resale sites, predicting which events will sell out and what fans will pay.
Presale for a superstar's tour opens at 10 a.m., and you have studied which cities will sell out. You buy within ticket limits, price seats on resale sites and adjust prices daily as the show nears. You also sell season tickets for clients and help a company find 20 seats for a client outing.
Highly variable; many lose money in their first year.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; business and data skills; often self-taught.
Ways in: Self-taught, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Sports Management, Data Analytics.
Growing about average. New laws are changing ticket resale rules and fees.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Pricing algorithms and platforms do much of the work; judging demand and serving clients keeps fewer brokers.
Classes: Statistics, Economics, Business class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-3091.
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