Parking Enforcement Workers · SOC 33-3041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Parking Enforcement Workerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for parking enforcement workers. 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 39 metro areas

Parking Enforcement Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$86,040	510	0.2
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$76,870	130	0.1
3	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$76,750	50	0.0
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$70,590	70	0.1
5	Salinas, CA	$62,850	30	0.2
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$62,160	120	0.1
7	Madison, WI	$62,000	40	0.1
8	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$60,650	70	0.1
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$60,640	320	0.1
10	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$58,270	40	0.0
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$55,820	670	0.1
12	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$51,980	260	0.1
13	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,090	Not published	Not published
14	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$49,060	80	0.1
15	St. Louis, MO-IL	$48,000	60	0.0
16	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$47,960	50	0.1
17	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,910	50	0.0
18	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$47,320	Not published	Not published
19	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$46,910	Not published	Not published
20	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$46,730	460	0.2
21	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$46,590	80	0.1
22	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$46,550	50	0.1
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$46,260	90	0.1
24	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$45,690	30	0.1
25	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$45,380	140	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Parking Enforcement Workers 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.