Parking Attendants
SOC 53-6021 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $38,893per year
- Projected openings
- 27,980
- Projected change
- +0.9%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
- Mathematics
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $44,332 | 4,740 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $43,195 | 880 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $42,214 | 980 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $39,610 | 80 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $38,606 | 90 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $37,951 | 140 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $37,316 | 540 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $37,204 | 16,020 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $37,179 | 4,060 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $37,080 | 820 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $37,008 | 6,380 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $35,728 | 50 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $35,308 | 1,280 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $35,267 | 110 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $34,396 | 190 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $36,543
- A quarter earn under
- $37,462
- Half earn under
- $38,893
- Three quarters earn under
- $45,535
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $51,381
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs | $45,709 | 52,480 | +19.9% |
| Parking Enforcement Workers | $63,858 | 1,610 | +5.9% |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $41,054 | 4,150 | -3.3% |
| Counter and Rental Clerks | $45,420 | 77,120 | +3.2% |
| Taxi Drivers | $40,119 | 66,330 | +48% |
| Passenger Attendants | $44,289 | 4,760 | +10.7% |