53 Series · SOC 53-6021
Parking Attendants
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$34,600
per year
Median Hourly
$16.63/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$34,190
average
Employment
134,650
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$24,960
25th Percentile
$29,590
Median
$34,600
75th Percentile
$37,230
90th Percentile
$43,840
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $41,200 | +19% above national |
| 2 | Oregon | $39,150 | +13% above national |
| 3 | Colorado | $38,800 | +12% above national |
| 4 | Wyoming | $38,210 | +10% above national |
| 5 | Illinois | $37,320 | +8% above national |
| 6 | Vermont | $36,870 | +7% above national |
| 7 | Massachusetts | $36,840 | +6% above national |
| 8 | District of Columbia | $36,610 | +6% above national |
| 9 | California | $36,350 | +5% above national |
| 10 | Minnesota | $36,180 | +5% above national |
| 11 | North Dakota | $35,530 | +3% above national |
| 12 | Alaska | $35,480 | +3% above national |
| 13 | New Jersey | $35,280 | +2% above national |
| 14 | New York | $35,260 | +2% above national |
| 15 | Connecticut | $35,210 | +2% above national |
| 16 | Utah | $34,590 | same as national |
| 17 | Maryland | $34,030 | 2% below national |
| 18 | Arizona | $33,020 | 5% below national |
| 19 | Michigan | $32,980 | 5% below national |
| 20 | Ohio | $32,710 | 5% below national |
| 21 | Delaware | $32,440 | 6% below national |
| 22 | Kansas | $32,380 | 6% below national |
| 23 | Nebraska | $32,370 | 6% below national |
| 24 | Rhode Island | $31,950 | 8% below national |
| 25 | Hawaii | $31,900 | 8% below national |
| 26 | Wisconsin | $31,560 | 9% below national |
| 27 | South Dakota | $31,540 | 9% below national |
| 28 | Idaho | $31,510 | 9% below national |
| 29 | Kentucky | $30,860 | 11% below national |
| 30 | Texas | $30,690 | 11% below national |
| 31 | Virginia | $30,660 | 11% below national |
| 32 | North Carolina | $30,650 | 11% below national |
| 33 | Indiana | $30,590 | 12% below national |
| 34 | Tennessee | $30,490 | 12% below national |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | $30,170 | 13% below national |
| 36 | Georgia | $29,860 | 14% below national |
| 37 | New Mexico | $29,810 | 14% below national |
| 38 | Arkansas | $29,780 | 14% below national |
| 39 | Nevada | $29,550 | 15% below national |
| 40 | Maine | $29,430 | 15% below national |
| 41 | New Hampshire | $29,380 | 15% below national |
| 42 | Iowa | $29,300 | 15% below national |
| 43 | Missouri | $29,170 | 16% below national |
| 44 | Florida | $28,730 | 17% below national |
| 45 | South Carolina | $28,570 | 17% below national |
| 46 | Alabama | $28,250 | 18% below national |
| 47 | West Virginia | $27,970 | 19% below national |
| 48 | Oklahoma | $26,460 | 24% below national |
| 49 | Mississippi | $25,550 | 26% below national |
| 50 | Louisiana | $23,280 | 33% below national |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $20,480 | 41% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado Springs, CO | $46,590 | +35% above national |
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $42,300 | +22% above national |
| 3 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $42,170 | +22% above national |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $41,740 | +21% above national |
| 5 | Bend, OR | $39,740 | +15% above national |
| 6 | Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $39,330 | +14% above national |
| 7 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $39,180 | +13% above national |
| 8 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $39,170 | +13% above national |
| 9 | Boulder, CO | $39,050 | +13% above national |
| 10 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $38,800 | +12% above national |
| 11 | Napa, CA | $38,670 | +12% above national |
| 12 | Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area | $38,640 | +12% above national |
| 13 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $37,690 | +9% above national |
| 14 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $37,600 | +9% above national |
| 15 | Rochester, MN | $37,490 | +8% above national |
| 16 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $37,490 | +8% above national |
| 17 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $37,330 | +8% above national |
| 18 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $37,170 | +7% above national |
| 19 | Bellingham, WA | $37,110 | +7% above national |
| 20 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $37,050 | +7% above national |
| 21 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $37,010 | +7% above national |
| 22 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $36,840 | +6% above national |
| 23 | Worcester, MA | $36,780 | +6% above national |
| 24 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $36,740 | +6% above national |
| 25 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $36,720 | +6% above national |
| 26 | Barnstable Town, MA | $36,650 | +6% above national |
| 27 | Flagstaff, AZ | $36,620 | +6% above national |
| 28 | Salinas, CA | $36,610 | +6% above national |
| 29 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $36,600 | +6% above national |
| 30 | Salem, OR | $36,520 | +6% above national |
| 31 | Pittsfield, MA | $36,470 | +5% above national |
| 32 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $36,430 | +5% above national |
| 33 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $36,320 | +5% above national |
| 34 | Greenville, NC | $36,290 | +5% above national |
| 35 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $36,260 | +5% above national |
| 36 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $36,200 | +5% above national |
| 37 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $36,130 | +4% above national |
| 38 | Syracuse, NY | $35,950 | +4% above national |
| 39 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $35,930 | +4% above national |
| 40 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $35,790 | +3% above national |
| 41 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $35,720 | +3% above national |
| 42 | Utica-Rome, NY | $35,680 | +3% above national |
| 43 | Green Bay, WI | $35,660 | +3% above national |
| 44 | Rochester, NY | $35,640 | +3% above national |
| 45 | Yakima, WA | $35,620 | +3% above national |
| 46 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $35,490 | +3% above national |
| 47 | Bloomington, IL | $35,450 | +2% above national |
| 48 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $35,300 | +2% above national |
| 49 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $35,210 | +2% above national |
| 50 | Binghamton, NY | $35,210 | +2% above national |
| 51 | New Haven, CT | $35,210 | +2% above national |
| 52 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $35,100 | +1% above national |
| 53 | Peoria, IL | $35,040 | +1% above national |
| 54 | Madison, WI | $35,000 | +1% above national |
| 55 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $35,000 | +1% above national |
| 56 | Ogden, UT | $34,960 | +1% above national |
| 57 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $34,960 | +1% above national |
| 58 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $34,880 | +1% above national |
| 59 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $34,850 | +1% above national |
| 60 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $34,580 | same as national |
| 61 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $34,530 | same as national |
| 62 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $34,470 | same as national |
| 63 | St. Cloud, MN | $34,450 | same as national |
| 64 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $34,430 | same as national |
| 65 | Columbus, OH | $34,360 | 1% below national |
| 66 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $34,350 | 1% below national |
| 67 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $34,330 | 1% below national |
| 68 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $33,960 | 2% below national |
| 69 | Omaha, NE-IA | $33,860 | 2% below national |
| 70 | Anchorage, AK | $33,850 | 2% below national |
| 71 | Reading, PA | $33,830 | 2% below national |
| 72 | Ann Arbor, MI | $33,820 | 2% below national |
| 73 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $33,660 | 3% below national |
| 74 | Akron, OH | $33,620 | 3% below national |
| 75 | Saginaw, MI | $33,600 | 3% below national |
| 76 | Fresno, CA | $33,580 | 3% below national |
| 77 | Springfield, MA | $33,560 | 3% below national |
| 78 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | $33,350 | 4% below national |
| 79 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $33,300 | 4% below national |
| 80 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $33,180 | 4% below national |
| 81 | York-Hanover, PA | $33,050 | 4% below national |
| 82 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $33,020 | 5% below national |
| 83 | Cleveland, OH | $32,920 | 5% below national |
| 84 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $32,880 | 5% below national |
| 85 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $32,840 | 5% below national |
| 86 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $32,810 | 5% below national |
| 87 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $32,710 | 5% below national |
| 88 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN | $32,690 | 6% below national |
| 89 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $32,660 | 6% below national |
| 90 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $32,660 | 6% below national |
| 91 | West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $32,590 | 6% below national |
| 92 | East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $32,580 | 6% below national |
| 93 | Rockford, IL | $32,500 | 6% below national |
| 94 | Santa Fe, NM | $32,500 | 6% below national |
| 95 | Boise City, ID | $32,380 | 6% below national |
| 96 | Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $32,280 | 7% below national |
| 97 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $32,220 | 7% below national |
| 98 | Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area | $32,160 | 7% below national |
| 99 | Tucson, AZ | $32,090 | 7% below national |
| 100 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | $32,020 | 7% below national |
| 101 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $31,880 | 8% below national |
| 102 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $31,850 | 8% below national |
| 103 | Salisbury, MD | $31,760 | 8% below national |
| 104 | Bloomington, IN | $31,720 | 8% below national |
| 105 | Toledo, OH | $31,600 | 9% below national |
| 106 | Kingston, NY | $31,580 | 9% below national |
| 107 | Asheville, NC | $31,560 | 9% below national |
| 108 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $31,540 | 9% below national |
| 109 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $31,520 | 9% below national |
| 110 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $31,520 | 9% below national |
| 111 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $31,520 | 9% below national |
| 112 | Fort Wayne, IN | $31,500 | 9% below national |
| 113 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $31,210 | 10% below national |
| 114 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $31,200 | 10% below national |
| 115 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $31,200 | 10% below national |
| 116 | Wilmington, NC | $31,110 | 10% below national |
| 117 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $31,010 | 10% below national |
| 118 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $30,940 | 11% below national |
| 119 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $30,860 | 11% below national |
| 120 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $30,780 | 11% below national |
| 121 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $30,770 | 11% below national |
| 122 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $30,750 | 11% below national |
| 123 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $30,670 | 11% below national |
| 124 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $30,660 | 11% below national |
| 125 | Ames, IA | $30,640 | 11% below national |
| 126 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $30,640 | 11% below national |
| 127 | Lancaster, PA | $30,580 | 12% below national |
| 128 | Duluth, MN-WI | $30,570 | 12% below national |
| 129 | Reno, NV | $30,570 | 12% below national |
| 130 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $30,560 | 12% below national |
| 131 | Appleton, WI | $30,530 | 12% below national |
| 132 | Corpus Christi, TX | $30,510 | 12% below national |
| 133 | East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $30,490 | 12% below national |
| 134 | Lubbock, TX | $30,450 | 12% below national |
| 135 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $30,440 | 12% below national |
| 136 | Fayetteville, NC | $30,430 | 12% below national |
| 137 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $30,390 | 12% below national |
| 138 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | $30,360 | 12% below national |
| 139 | Springfield, MO | $30,330 | 12% below national |
| 140 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $30,270 | 13% below national |
| 141 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | $30,170 | 13% below national |
| 142 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $30,160 | 13% below national |
| 143 | Harrisonburg, VA | $30,150 | 13% below national |
| 144 | Iowa City, IA | $30,040 | 13% below national |
| 145 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $29,990 | 13% below national |
| 146 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $29,940 | 13% below national |
| 147 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $29,880 | 14% below national |
| 148 | Spartanburg, SC | $29,870 | 14% below national |
| 149 | Savannah, GA | $29,860 | 14% below national |
| 150 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | $29,850 | 14% below national |
| 151 | Yuma, AZ | $29,850 | 14% below national |
| 152 | Albuquerque, NM | $29,810 | 14% below national |
| 153 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $29,800 | 14% below national |
| 154 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $29,800 | 14% below national |
| 155 | Tyler, TX | $29,800 | 14% below national |
| 156 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $29,760 | 14% below national |
| 157 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $29,740 | 14% below national |
| 158 | Pittsburgh, PA | $29,620 | 14% below national |
| 159 | Rapid City, SD | $29,610 | 14% below national |
| 160 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $29,590 | 14% below national |
| 161 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $29,580 | 15% below national |
| 162 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $29,570 | 15% below national |
| 163 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $29,570 | 15% below national |
| 164 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $29,520 | 15% below national |
| 165 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $29,450 | 15% below national |
| 166 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $29,430 | 15% below national |
| 167 | Richmond, VA | $29,420 | 15% below national |
| 168 | Dover, DE | $29,380 | 15% below national |
| 169 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $29,380 | 15% below national |
| 170 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $29,360 | 15% below national |
| 171 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $29,330 | 15% below national |
| 172 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $29,270 | 15% below national |
| 173 | Montgomery, AL | $29,250 | 15% below national |
| 174 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $29,220 | 16% below national |
| 175 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $29,210 | 16% below national |
| 176 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $29,210 | 16% below national |
| 177 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $29,200 | 16% below national |
| 178 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $29,170 | 16% below national |
| 179 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $29,150 | 16% below national |
| 180 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $29,140 | 16% below national |
| 181 | Erie, PA | $28,870 | 17% below national |
| 182 | Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $28,840 | 17% below national |
| 183 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | $28,750 | 17% below national |
| 184 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $28,740 | 17% below national |
| 185 | Muncie, IN | $28,710 | 17% below national |
| 186 | Fargo, ND-MN | $28,650 | 17% below national |
| 187 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $28,640 | 17% below national |
| 188 | Abilene, TX | $28,610 | 17% below national |
| 189 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $28,610 | 17% below national |
| 190 | Florence, SC | $28,540 | 18% below national |
| 191 | Evansville, IN | $28,530 | 18% below national |
| 192 | Port St. Lucie, FL | $28,530 | 18% below national |
| 193 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $28,500 | 18% below national |
| 194 | Jacksonville, FL | $28,460 | 18% below national |
| 195 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $28,440 | 18% below national |
| 196 | Huntsville, AL | $28,370 | 18% below national |
| 197 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | $28,350 | 18% below national |
| 198 | Columbia, MO | $28,340 | 18% below national |
| 199 | Tallahassee, FL | $28,300 | 18% below national |
| 200 | Wichita, KS | $28,230 | 18% below national |
| 201 | Jackson, MS | $28,040 | 19% below national |
| 202 | Birmingham, AL | $27,990 | 19% below national |
| 203 | Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $27,890 | 19% below national |
| 204 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $27,840 | 20% below national |
| 205 | Oklahoma City, OK | $27,800 | 20% below national |
| 206 | Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $27,780 | 20% below national |
| 207 | Gainesville, FL | $27,660 | 20% below national |
| 208 | Charleston, WV | $27,620 | 20% below national |
| 209 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $27,620 | 20% below national |
| 210 | Amarillo, TX | $27,590 | 20% below national |
| 211 | Knoxville, TN | $27,470 | 21% below national |
| 212 | Roanoke, VA | $27,160 | 22% below national |
| 213 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $27,050 | 22% below national |
| 214 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $27,040 | 22% below national |
| 215 | Tulsa, OK | $26,740 | 23% below national |
| 216 | Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $26,720 | 23% below national |
| 217 | Baton Rouge, LA | $26,640 | 23% below national |
| 218 | El Paso, TX | $26,580 | 23% below national |
| 219 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $26,470 | 23% below national |
| 220 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $26,300 | 24% below national |
| 221 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $26,230 | 24% below national |
| 222 | Hot Springs, AR | $26,000 | 25% below national |
| 223 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $25,560 | 26% below national |
| 224 | Columbus, GA-AL | $25,560 | 26% below national |
| 225 | Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $25,560 | 26% below national |
| 226 | Johnstown, PA | $25,160 | 27% below national |
| 227 | Lincoln, NE | $24,960 | 28% below national |
| 228 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $24,750 | 28% below national |
| 229 | Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $24,710 | 29% below national |
| 230 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $24,540 | 29% below national |
| 231 | Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $23,930 | 31% below national |
| 232 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $23,280 | 33% below national |
| 233 | Columbia, SC | $23,230 | 33% below national |
| 234 | Mobile, AL | $23,020 | 33% below national |
| 235 | Winston-Salem, NC | $22,590 | 35% below national |
| 236 | Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $21,800 | 37% below national |
| 237 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $20,500 | 41% below national |
| 238 | Ponce, PR | $19,760 | 43% below national |
| 239 | Dothan, AL | $16,640 | 52% below national |
| 240 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $16,560 | 52% below national |
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