# 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/parking-enforcement-workers
- SOC code: 33-3041.00
- Career family: Protective service
- Median annual pay: $46,730 (10th percentile $35,130, 90th percentile $75,340)
- Projected growth: Decline, -1.1%
- Openings a year: 800
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 90 |
| Investigative (I) | 7 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 27 |
| Enterprising (E) | 38 |
| Conventional (C) | 69 |

## What you'd do

- Documenting/Recording Information (importance 97/100)
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 97/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 97/100)
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment (importance 88/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 87/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 86/100)
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards (importance 86/100)
- Getting Information (importance 86/100)
- Processing Information (importance 85/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 81/100)

## 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

## 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

## Related careers

- [Parking Attendants](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/parking-attendants): $35,150 median pay
- [Security Guards](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/security-guards): $38,020 median pay
- [Transit and Railroad Police](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/transit-and-railroad-police): $90,230 median pay
- [Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/railroad-conductors-and-yardmasters): $78,000 median pay
- [Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/shuttle-drivers-and-chauffeurs): $37,290 median pay
- [Highway Maintenance Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/highway-maintenance-workers): $50,260 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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