SOC 33-3041.00

    Parking Enforcement Workers

    Patrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.

    Median pay
    $46,730
    Growth
    -1.1%
    Decline
    Openings a year
    800
    Typical education
    High school diploma

    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
    $35,130
    Median
    $46,730
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $75,340
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    9,050 people work in this occupation.

    What parking enforcement workers do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Patrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.

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

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    90 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    7 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    0 / 100
    Social (S)
    27 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    38 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    69 / 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

    Documenting/Recording Information
    97
    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    97
    Performing General Physical Activities
    97
    Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
    88
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    87
    Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
    86
    Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
    86
    Getting Information
    86
    Processing Information
    85
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    81
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Monitoring
    • Speaking
    • Active Listening
    • Critical Thinking
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Time Management
    • Coordination
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Service Orientation
    • Complex Problem Solving

    Knowledge

    • English Language
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Law and Government
    • Psychology
    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Computers and Electronics
    • Education and Training
    • Administrative
    • Administration and Management
    • Personnel and Human Resources

    Abilities

    • Oral Expression
    • Speech Clarity
    • Far Vision
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Written Comprehension
    • Information Ordering
    • Near Vision
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Selective Attention
    • Speech Recognition

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Attention to Detail
    • Self-Control
    • Integrity
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Cautiousness
    • Self-Confidence
    • Perseverance
    • Social Orientation
    • Adaptability

    Also called

    Enforcement Officer · Enforcement Safety Officer · Meter Maid · Parking Control Officer · Parking Enforcement Officer (PEO) · Parking Enforcement Specialist · Parking Enforcement Technician (Parking Enforcement Tech) · Parking Enforcer · Parking Meter Attendant · Parking Officer

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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.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.