Personal Care & Service
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants
Also called: Attendant, Coat Check Attendant, Coat Checker, Coat Room Attendant
US median pay
$36,300
per year, 2025
Job growth 2025–35
+6.4%
faster than average
Openings a year (US)
4,000
16,000 employed
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Preparation 2/5 · Some preparation
What this job is
Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.
What they do day to day
- 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.
- Maintain inventories of clothing or uniforms, accessories, equipment, or linens.
- Monitor patrons' facility use to ensure that rules and regulations are followed, and safety and order are maintained.
Skills and knowledge that matter most
Skills
- Service Orientation3.6/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.1/5
- Coordination2.5/5
- Time Management2.4/5
- Judgment and Decision Making2.2/5
- Persuasion2.1/5
- Negotiation2.1/5
- Instructing2.0/5
Knowledge
- English Language4.2/5
- Customer and Personal Service4.2/5
- Public Safety and Security3.3/5
- Administrative3.2/5
- Administration and Management3.1/5
- Education and Training3.0/5
Importance rated by people working in the job (1 = not important, 5 = extremely important).
Education and preparation
Preparation level 2 of 5 — Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma; some previous work experience or training helps.
Typical entry education (BLS): High school diploma or equivalent.
Highest education of people in this job:
- High school diploma64%
- Less than high school20%
- Doctoral degree11%
Who this job suits
Mostly Conventional
Organising data, details and procedures
Realistic
Hands-on work with tools, machines, plants or animals
Social
Helping, teaching and caring for people
Based on the Holland (RIASEC) interest profile for this occupation.