# Parking Attendants

> 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/parking-attendants
- SOC code: 53-6021.00
- Career family: Transportation
- Median annual pay: $35,150 (10th percentile $27,040, 90th percentile $44,550)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +2.0%
- Openings a year: 16,400
- Typical entry education: No formal credential
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 77 |
| Investigative (I) | 0 |
| Artistic (A) | 2 |
| Social (S) | 34 |
| Enterprising (E) | 35 |
| Conventional (C) | 68 |

## What you'd do

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

## 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

## 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

## Related careers

- [Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/shuttle-drivers-and-chauffeurs): $37,290 median pay
- [Parking Enforcement Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/parking-enforcement-workers): $46,730 median pay
- [Baggage Porters and Bellhops](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/baggage-porters-and-bellhops): $37,080 median pay
- [Taxi Drivers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/taxi-drivers): $42,100 median pay
- [Counter and Rental Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/counter-and-rental-clerks): $41,300 median pay
- [Passenger Attendants](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/passenger-attendants): $37,720 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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