SOC 53-6021.00

    Parking Attendants

    Park vehicles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage.

    Median pay
    $35,150
    Growth
    +2.0%
    As fast as average
    Openings a year
    16,400
    Typical education
    No formal credential

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $27,040
    Median
    $35,150
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $44,550
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    137,880 people work in this occupation.

    What parking attendants do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Park vehicles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May park or tend vehicles in environments such as a car dealership or rental car facility. May collect fee.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    77 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    0 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    2 / 100
    Social (S)
    34 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    35 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    68 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

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    What you'd do

    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    70
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    64
    Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
    62
    Getting Information
    59
    Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
    57
    Documenting/Recording Information
    55
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    54
    Communicating with People Outside the Organization
    54
    Handling and Moving Objects
    53
    Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
    53
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Speaking
    • Service Orientation
    • Active Listening
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Critical Thinking
    • Coordination
    • Judgment and Decision Making
    • Mathematics
    • Monitoring
    • Writing

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • English Language
    • Transportation
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Mathematics
    • Production and Processing
    • Education and Training
    • Administrative
    • Administration and Management
    • Sales and Marketing

    Abilities

    • Far Vision
    • Near Vision
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Speech Recognition
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Speech Clarity
    • Spatial Orientation
    • Control Precision
    • Deductive Reasoning

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Cooperation
    • Integrity
    • Attention to Detail
    • Optimism
    • Social Orientation
    • Self-Control
    • Cautiousness
    • Sincerity
    • Stress Tolerance

    Also called

    Attendant · Auto Hiker · Auto Lot Attendant (Automotive Lot Attendant) · Auto Parker · Automobile Relocation Engineer · Automotive Porter (Auto Porter) · Car Chaser · Car Hiker · Car Hop · Car Hopper

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    Certifications, licenses and pay by state

    What parking attendants may need beyond a degree, where a license is required, and what the work pays in each state.

    Licenses by state

    1 state lists a license for this work. Open your state for the license and the agency that issues it.

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    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.