Some workers at Cedar Point will see their hourly pay drop by 25 percent this season, according to a report in the Sandusky Register.
As the Register explains, the cut comes from Cedar Point rolling back pay increases that were given to employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a remedy for a worker shortage that had led to the park having to cut back its operating days in 2021, Cedar Point raised its starting wage to $20 per hour.
That increase didn’t last for new hires in subsequent seasons, but legacy employees kept the $5-per-hour pay bump. For 2025, however, the Register reported that the new Six Flags — largely run by former Cedar Fair executives who were in charge when the pay bump went into effect — is axing the pay bump and returning everyone to a $15 per hour “base hourly pay.”
Cedar Point’s media relations office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Sandusky, Ohio park has recently been at odds with its hometown paper following critical reporting by the Register in recent years, including stories about the August 2021 accident which closed Top Thrill Dragster and reports of sexual assaults inside Cedar Point’s employee dorms.
In response, Cedar Point did not include the Register in its media preview last spring for the Top Thrill 2 roller coaster.