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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

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Typical progression

  1. Junior Parking Attendants

    Entry / Junior

    $24,960

    ~2 yrs to advance

  2. Parking Attendants

    Established

    $34,600

    ~3 yrs to advance

  3. 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

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