Transportation & Logistics
Parking Attendants
Also called: Hiker, Parking Attendant, Parking Cashier, Parking Lot Attendant
US median pay
$35,150
per year, 2025
Job growth 2025–35
+2%
about average or slower
Openings a year (US)
16,400
139,200 employed
Typical entry education
No formal educational credential
Preparation 2/5 · Some preparation
What this job is
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.
What they do day to day
- Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
- Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
- Greet customers and open their car doors.
- Issue ticket stubs or place numbered tags on windshields, log tags or attach tag to customers' keys, and give customers matching tags for locating parked vehicles.
- Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.
- Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- Provide customer assistance and information, such as giving directions or handling wheelchairs.
- Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized.
- Call emergency responders or the proper authorities and provide motorist assistance, such as giving directions or helping jump start a stalled vehicle.
Skills and knowledge that matter most
Skills
- Service Orientation3.4/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.0/5
- Judgment and Decision Making2.8/5
- Coordination2.8/5
- Operation and Control2.6/5
- Complex Problem Solving2.5/5
- Time Management2.4/5
- Negotiation2.4/5
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service3.5/5
- English Language3.1/5
- Transportation3.0/5
- Public Safety and Security2.7/5
- Mathematics2.5/5
- Production and Processing2.4/5
Importance rated by people working in the job (1 = not important, 5 = extremely important).
Education and preparation
Preparation level 2 of 5 — Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma; some previous work experience or training helps.
Typical entry education (BLS): No formal educational credential.
Highest education of people in this job:
- High school diploma61%
- Less than high school38%
Who this job suits
Mostly Realistic
Hands-on work with tools, machines, plants or animals
Conventional
Organising data, details and procedures
Enterprising
Leading, persuading and starting things
Based on the Holland (RIASEC) interest profile for this occupation.