Parking Attendants · SOC 53-6021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Parking Attendantss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for parking attendants. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 217 metro areas

Parking Attendants: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Colorado Springs, CO	$47,320	150	0.5
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$45,030	650	0.6
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$44,480	3,470	1.5
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$43,790	2,230	1.1
5	Bellingham, WA	$39,520	30	0.3
6	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$39,480	990	0.8
7	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$38,620	1,040	0.6
8	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$38,520	170	1.0
9	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$38,480	250	3.3
10	Napa, CA	$38,430	40	0.5
11	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$38,340	50	0.4
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$37,960	3,220	2.1
13	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$37,810	4,450	1.0
14	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$37,770	70	0.8
15	Syracuse, NY	$37,710	260	0.9
16	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$37,650	100	0.4
17	Bend, OR	$37,510	60	0.6
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$37,510	70	0.4
19	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$37,360	2,650	1.0
20	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$37,340	230	0.9
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$37,280	11,070	1.8
22	Utica-Rome, NY	$37,200	50	0.4
23	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$37,100	350	1.8
24	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$37,070	50	0.6
25	Salisbury, MD	$37,040	40	0.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Parking Attendants overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.