Parking Enforcement Workers

SOC 33-3041 · 2024-2034

Patrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California: $63,858per year
Projected openings: 1,610
Projected change: +5.9%
Usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

Monitoring
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Social Perceptiveness
Coordination

Pay by region

Region	Typical pay in California	Projected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)	$87,507	300
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)	$76,593	110
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)	$65,675	360
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)	$63,228	110

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains for	Typical pay in California	Projected openings	Projected change
Parking Attendants	$38,893	27,980	+0.9%
Security Guards	$44,335	264,160	+3.3%
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters	$71,481	1,120	-6.7%
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$45,709	52,480	+19.9%
Highway Maintenance Workers	$61,194	6,590	+4.9%
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$53,589	23,150	+5.2%