Skilled Trades
Parking Attendants
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.
Median salary
$34,600
Typical range
$25k – $44k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Parking Attendants
Entry / Junior
$24,960
~2 yrs to advance
Parking Attendants
Established
$34,600
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Parking Attendants
Senior
$39,220
Key skills
A typical 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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
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