Parking Enforcement Workers Salary in NC

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Parking Enforcement Workers in NC have a median annual salary of $42,410, with 80 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $33,780 at the 10th percentile to $53,960 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$42,410

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$20.39

Employment

80

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$33,780
10th
$39,260
25th
$42,410
Median
$44,630
75th
$53,960
90th

Local compared with national

NC

$42,410

Median annual · 2025

United States

$46,730

Median annual · 2025

The NC median is 9.2% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $4,320).

Top skills

  1. 1.SpeakingImportance 3.1
  2. 2.MonitoringImportance 3.1
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 3.0
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.0
  5. 5.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.0
  6. 6.Time ManagementImportance 3.0
  7. 7.Reading ComprehensionImportance 2.9
  8. 8.CoordinationImportance 2.9
  9. 9.Service OrientationImportance 2.9
  10. 10.WritingImportance 2.8
  11. 11.PersuasionImportance 2.8
  12. 12.NegotiationImportance 2.8

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
None
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Ticket issuing software
  • Vehicle information databases
  • Web browser software
  • Complus Data Innovations FastTrack
  • Integrated Parking Solutions MApp
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel

Common 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.
  • Provide information to the public regarding parking regulations and facilities, and the location of streets, buildings and points of interest.
  • Make arrangements for illegally parked or abandoned vehicles to be towed, and direct tow-truck drivers to the correct vehicles.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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