Parking Attendants
United States. Estimated employment 137,880, with pages for 11 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 53-6021
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$35,150 · 50th
$27,04010th
$29,96025th
$35,15050th
$37,67075th
$44,55090th
That is the median — half of parking attendants in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Parking Attendants page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $45,030 | 650 |
| San Francisco, CA | $44,480 | 3,470 |
| San Diego, CA | $37,960 | 3,220 |
| Syracuse, NY | $37,710 | 260 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $37,650 | 100 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $37,280 | 11,070 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $37,100 | 350 |
| New York, NY | $35,920 | 14,220 |
| Rochester, NY | $34,800 | 280 |
| Buffalo, NY | $34,010 | 410 |
| Albany, NY | $33,180 | 430 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 137,880 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-6021, Parking Attendants. Mapped to our taxonomy as parking-attendants.
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