Fair Jobs
Employment
You know you love the fair, why not work here?
For over 100 years, the Alameda County Fairgrounds have served the community by hosting over 300 events and an annual Fair showcasing agriculture, live concerts, and tasting and cultural festivals that bring in nearly half a million guests every summer.
Our team is dedicated to sustaining the Fairgrounds, delivering an exceptional annual Fair and providing year-round experiences celebrating the heritage and diversity of our county. Our employees strive to focus on our values – inclusiveness, excellence, collaboration, innovation, positivity, team success, community and environment. Finally, we celebrate our successes with our community!
*Shifts may require employee to stand for long periods of time
Admissions
$18.00/hr
Guest-focused support with mobile device scanners and ticket printers at Admission gates, concerts and tasting fests.
$19.00/hr
Manages Admission gates team and guest
support, scans tickets and manages ticket
printers. Supervisory experience and ability to manage guest entry experience
required.
Amphitheater
$18.00/hr – Must be 18+
Guest-focused support for seating in our
concert amphitheater. Must be able to
stand for the duration of the concert.
Administrative
*Requires computer & people skills
$17.50/hr
Assists volunteers and the
implementation of our Volunteer Program, including check-in/out, support and scheduling.
Exhibits & Programs
$17.00/hr
Supports multiple buildings in the exhibits area. Provides information and answers guest questions, safely monitors entrances and exits and prepares competitive entries. Helps set- up, maintain and clean buildings.
$17.00/hour
Cares for, sells and educates guests about the small animals.
$18.00/hour
Performs physical work, helps with setup and tear down livestock shows. Daily cleaning and maintenance of the livestock area.
Must be able to lift up to 20 lbs.
$18.00/hr –
Must be 18+
Shuttles entertainers/vendors around Fairgrounds. Transports equipment with a pushcart to and from entrance gates to designated areas.
Must be able to lift up to 20 lbs and push a cart up to 500 yards.
$18.00/hour
Helps with setup, maintenance and tear down of the exhibit spaces and community programming.
Must be able to lift up to 20 lbs.
Guest Services
$18.00/hour
Provides guests with information, and handles questions/concerns. Supervises lost children.
$18.00/hr
Assists with vendor check-in/out and day-to-day operations of the office. Monitors the Commercial Sales buildings and assists with keeping them clean.
Parking
$18.50/hr
Directs traffic, assigns vehicles to parking spaces and verifies credentials.
$18.50/hr
Greets guests, assists with purchases and scans tickets.
Must be 18+
Background check required
$18.50/hr
Assists Fair patrons on/off the trams in a safe and responsible manner.
Operations
$20.00/hr
Helps with setup and tear down for events within the Fair.
Must be able to lift 20 lbs
Must be 18+ to apply
Apply
Must be 16+ to apply
Ways To Submit Your Application
By e-mail:
jobs@alamedacountyfair.com
By fax: (925) 426-5196
By mail: Alameda County Fair
Attn: Human Resources
4501 Pleasanton Avenue
Pleasanton, CA 94566
If offered a position with the Alameda County Fair, you will be required to provide documents that establish your identity and authorize your eligibility to work in the U.S. If you are age 17 or younger, you will be required to provide a valid work permit available through your school, unless you have already graduated from high school. You must be at least 16 years old to work at the annual Alameda County Fair. Positions in racing, cash handling or childcare require candidates to be at least 18 years old. For positions involving cash handling or childcare, you will be asked to submit and pass a background screening.
Only the most qualified applicants will be called to interview for open positions. Submitting an application is not a promise regarding employment. If you are employed by the Alameda County Fair, you have the right to terminate your employment at any time, and the Alameda County Fair has the similar right.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: The Alameda County Fair is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation, citizenship status or any other protected status is accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.