Parking Lot Attendants

Definition

Park automobiles or issue tickets for customers in parking lot or garage. May collect fee.

2004 employment: 122,000
Projected 2004-14 employment change: decline
Most significant source of postsecondary education or training: Short-term on-the-job training

Parking lot attendants

2004 employment: 122,000
2014 projected employment: 111,000
Change — numeric: -11,000; percent: -8.7%
2004 median annual earnings: $16,800; earnings group: very low
2004 self-employed: 0.0%
2004 part-time employment: very high
2004 unemployment: high
Typical education and training: Short-term on-the-job training
Educational attainment — high school: 69.6%; some college: 24.8%; bachelor's degree: 5.7%

source: Employment Matrix; about this section

National Average and Percentile Annual Earnings, May 2005

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about this section

May 2005 Mean Annual Earnings and Employment, wage and salary workers

Parking lot attendants
— National
U.S.:	$17,970
— by State
AL:	$15,290
AK:	$21,190
AZ:	$18,250
AR:	$16,400
CA:	$19,190
CO:	$18,880
CT:	$19,390
DE:	$18,520
DC:	$19,930
FL:	$15,810
GA:	$18,240
HI:	$15,680
ID:	$17,560
IL:	$18,640
IN:	$16,230
IA:	$15,970
KS:	$16,010
KY:	$17,540
LA:	$14,810
ME:	$17,420
MD:	$17,720
MA:	$22,010
MI:	$18,590
MN:	$18,660
MS:	$14,340
MO:	$16,760
MT:	$15,340
NE:	$18,200
NV:	$17,420
NH:	$20,220
NJ:	$18,040
NM:	$16,190
NY:	$19,650
NC:	$16,830
ND:	$15,790
OH:	$17,410
OK:	$15,460
OR:	$19,310
PA:	$17,350
RI:	$20,550
SC:	$15,640
SD:	$18,830
TN:	$16,690
TX:	$16,280
UT:	$16,470
VT:	$18,390
VA:	$17,390
WA:	$20,530
WV:	$15,610
WI:	$19,180
WY:	$17,030
PR:	$13,290
VI:	$14,010
— by NAICS Industry Sector
31-33	$29,200
42	$19,000
44-45	$19,660
48-49	$17,320
51	$23,360
52	$19,130
53	$17,160
55	$18,410
56	$17,240
61	$19,300
62	$20,150
71	$17,520
72	$17,230
81	$17,840
92	$20,260
Also see State and Metropolitan Area and industry estimates of employment and percentile earnings for parking lot attendants.

Width of bars indicates mean annual wages; color of bars indicates employment.

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about this section

Parking lot attendants

Full-time wage and salary workers, 2004
Employment Median weekly earnings
$ W/M ratio
Women
(emp.) (earn.) 8,000 n.a. -
Men
(emp.) (earn.) 44,000 n.a.
All workers
(emp.) (earn.) 52,000 $378

source: Current Population Survey; about this section

1999 employment and earnings distribution, year-round full-time workers

Parking lot attendants

	Percentile earnings distribution
	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th
All workers employment: 22,540 average earnings: $23,000	$11,000	$14,000	$19,000	$26,000	$35,000
Men employment: 19,640 average earnings: $23,000	$11,000	$14,000	$19,000	$26,000	$35,000
Women employment: 2,900 average earnings: $19,000	$10,000	$13,000	$16,000	$22,000	$30,000

source: Bureau of the Census; about this section

2004 Fatal occupational injuries by occupation and event or exposure

Occupation	Fatalities: Event or exposure
Occupation	Total	Tran.	Viol.	Cont.	Falls	Expo.	Fires
Parking lot attendants	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Program; about this section

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