2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

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 medianhalf 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 areaMedianEmployment
San Jose, CA$45,030650
San Francisco, CA$44,4803,470
San Diego, CA$37,9603,220
Syracuse, NY$37,710260
Kiryas Joel, NY$37,650100
Los Angeles, CA$37,28011,070
Santa Maria, CA$37,100350
New York, NY$35,92014,220
Rochester, NY$34,800280
Buffalo, NY$34,010410
Albany, NY$33,180430
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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