Salary and Outlook

According to the US Department of Labor, there are 95,900 people employed as parking attendants in the United States. The median annual salary is $29,240. Entry level employees earn approximately $19,970 per year and senior employees earn approximately $37,800 per year.

Estimates do not include other potential benefits such as health insurance, overtime pay, or retirement benefits that may be offered by employers.

Job Duties

• Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
• Escort customers to their vehicles to ensure their safety.
• Perform maintenance on cars in storage to protect tires, batteries, or exteriors from deterioration.
• Lift, position, and remove barricades to open or close parking areas.
• Perform personnel activities, such as supervising or scheduling employees.
• Review motorists' identification before allowing them to enter parking facilities.
• Service vehicles with gas, oil, and water.
• 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.
• Patrol parking areas to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.
• Direct motorists to parking areas or parking spaces, using hand signals or flashlights as necessary.

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