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Parking Enforcement Workers — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$46,730
United States, 2025
Employment
9,050
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Patrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.
- O*NET code
- 33-3041.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers.
- Maintain close communications with dispatching personnel, using two-way radios or cell phones.
- Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance.
- Identify vehicles in violation of parking codes, checking with dispatchers when necessary to confirm identities or to determine whether vehicles need to be booted or towed.
- Write warnings and citations for illegally parked vehicles.
- Appear in court at hearings regarding contested traffic citations.
- Maintain assigned equipment and supplies, such as hand-held citation computers, citation books, rain gear, tire-marking chalk, and street cones.
- Respond to and make radio dispatch calls regarding parking violations and complaints.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$35,130
25th percentile
$39,870
75th percentile
$60,490
90th percentile
$75,340
Most important skills
- Monitoring3.1
- Speaking3.1
- Active Listening3.0
- Social Perceptiveness3.0
- Time Management3.0
- Critical Thinking3.0
- Service Orientation2.9
- Reading Comprehension2.9
- Coordination2.9
- Complex Problem Solving2.8
- Writing2.8
- Persuasion2.8
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 6 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
6
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Speaking | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Active Listening | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Time Management | 3.0 | 2.5 | Not selected | 2.5 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Parking Enforcement WorkersHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | $86,040 | 510 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $76,870 | 130 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $76,750 | 50 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $70,590 | 70 | 2025 |
| WA | $68,120 | 190 | 2025 |
| Salinas, CA | $62,850 | 30 | 2025 |
| CA | $62,280 | 1,710 | 2025 |
| San Diego, CA | $62,160 | 120 | 2025 |
| Madison, WI | $62,000 | 40 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $60,650 | 70 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $60,640 | 320 | 2025 |
| OR | $59,810 | 80 | 2025 |
| Cincinnati, OH | $58,270 | 40 | 2025 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $55,820 | 670 | 2025 |
| NV | $55,040 | 40 | 2025 |
| UT | $52,670 | 70 | 2025 |
| MA | $51,980 | 300 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $51,980 | 260 | 2025 |
| NH | $51,580 | 70 | 2025 |
| Chicago, IL | $49,090 | — | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.