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Parking Attendants · SOC 53-6021

Parking Attendants Salary in the Buffalo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area

Figures describe the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Buffalo city limits.

Median annual wage$34,010
Median hourly wage$16.35

Parking Attendants in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area earned a median of $34,010 per year ($16.35 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,240 at the 10th percentile to $40,320 at the 90th. BLS estimates 410 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Parking Attendants in the Buffalo metro area earn more than $34,010 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $32,240 and $37,140.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,240$32,240$34,010$37,140$40,320
Hourly$15.50$15.50$16.35$17.86$19.39

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Buffalo metro areathis metro area
    $34,010
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $35,920
  • United Statesnational
    $35,150

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −5% vs New York overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,840$30,333$38,827$47,320San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $21,840Mayaguez, PR — $21,890New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $23,920McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $23,960Hot Springs, AR — $24,260Appleton, WI — $25,980Richmond, VA — $25,990Dothan, AL — $26,260Cedar Rapids, IA — $26,270Mobile, AL — $26,470Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $26,620La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $26,820Baton Rouge, LA — $27,130Tulsa, OK — $27,230Charleston, WV — $27,380Pocatello, ID — $27,390Tallahassee, FL — $27,550Roanoke, VA — $27,910El Paso, TX — $27,950Erie, PA — $27,990Lincoln, NE — $28,080Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,090Johnstown, PA — $28,120Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $28,200Winston-Salem, NC — $28,310Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $28,360Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $28,360Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,560Evansville, IN — $28,570Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $28,780Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $28,900Amarillo, TX — $28,920Idaho Falls, ID — $29,080Fayetteville, NC — $29,120Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,120Kansas City, MO-KS — $29,190Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $29,380Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $29,400Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $29,430San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $29,460Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $29,500Columbia, SC — $29,560Birmingham, AL — $29,650Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $29,650Jacksonville, FL — $29,720Flint, MI — $29,760Montgomery, AL — $29,780Cleveland, OH — $29,810Canton-Massillon, OH — $29,900Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $29,920Columbus, OH — $29,960Pittsburgh, PA — $30,000Reading, PA — $30,070Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $30,080Jackson, MS — $30,120Reno, NV — $30,170Oklahoma City, OK — $30,230Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $30,280Green Bay, WI — $30,320Raleigh-Cary, NC — $30,360Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $30,400Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $30,470Portland-South Portland, ME — $30,470Greensboro-High Point, NC — $30,480Tyler, TX — $30,580Albuquerque, NM — $30,590Corpus Christi, TX — $30,630Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $30,700Chattanooga, TN-GA — $30,720Florence, SC — $30,740Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $30,760Urban Honolulu, HI — $30,840Abilene, TX — $30,850Wilmington, NC — $30,940Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $30,990Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $31,010Columbia, MO — $31,050Ames, IA — $31,070Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $31,110Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $31,110Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $31,120Bowling Green, KY — $31,190Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200Duluth, MN-WI — $31,200Naples-Marco Island, FL — $31,200Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $31,230York-Hanover, PA — $31,250Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $31,260Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $31,270Iowa City, IA — $31,270Kankakee, IL — $31,270South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $31,330Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $31,390Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $31,470Toledo, OH — $31,510Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $31,520Tucson, AZ — $31,530Yuma, AZ — $31,530Knoxville, TN — $31,540Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $31,560Huntsville, AL — $31,620Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $31,760Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $31,770Lubbock, TX — $31,770Spartanburg, SC — $31,770Savannah, GA — $31,840Santa Fe, NM — $31,990Fort Wayne, IN — $32,080Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $32,130Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $32,220Kingston, NY — $32,240Glens Falls, NY — $32,420Elizabethtown, KY — $32,480North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $32,510Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $32,550Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $32,560Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $32,600St. Louis, MO-IL — $32,740Lexington-Fayette, KY — $32,750Gainesville, FL — $32,760Akron, OH — $32,770Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $33,040St. Cloud, MN — $33,090Vineland, NJ — $33,160Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $33,180Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $33,270Omaha, NE-IA — $33,280Saginaw, MI — $33,280Coeur d'Alene, ID — $33,380Port St. Lucie, FL — $33,430Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $33,480Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,550Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $33,880Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $33,930Dubuque, IA — $33,940Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $33,970Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,010Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $34,010Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $34,010Springfield, IL — $34,030Monroe, MI — $34,070Rockford, IL — $34,110Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $34,120Lancaster, PA — $34,130Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $34,320El Centro, CA — $34,350Boise City, ID — $34,390Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $34,390Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $34,450Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $34,530Peoria, IL — $34,580Ann Arbor, MI — $34,670Asheville, NC — $34,670Fresno, CA — $34,670Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $34,720Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,750Manchester-Nashua, NH — $34,760Rochester, NY — $34,800Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $34,830Springfield, MA — $34,870Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,020Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $35,020Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $35,050Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,100Modesto, CA — $35,180Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $35,210Fargo, ND-MN — $35,470Bloomington, IL — $35,500Rapid City, SD — $35,600Champaign-Urbana, IL — $35,690New Haven, CT — $35,710Ogden, UT — $35,740Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $35,750Binghamton, NY — $35,840Eugene-Springfield, OR — $35,860New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $35,920Rochester, MN — $35,950Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $36,080Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,170Madison, WI — $36,200Worcester, MA — $36,240Anchorage, AK — $36,320Salem, OR — $36,400Medford, OR — $36,410Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $36,610St. George, UT — $36,790Battle Creek, MI — $36,800Salinas, CA — $36,890Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,900Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $36,930Greenville, NC — $36,960Barnstable Town, MA — $37,010Salisbury, MD — $37,040Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $37,070Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $37,100Utica-Rome, NY — $37,200Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,280Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $37,340Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $37,360Bend, OR — $37,510Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $37,510Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $37,650Syracuse, NY — $37,710Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $37,770Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $37,810San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $37,960Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $38,340Napa, CA — $38,430Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $38,480Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,520Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,620Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $39,480Bellingham, WA — $39,520Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $43,790San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $44,480San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $45,030Colorado Springs, CO — $47,320

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Buffalo metro area has the 79th-highest published median for this occupation among the 217 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for parking attendants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Buffalo metro areathis page
    $34,010
  • Syracuse metro area
    $37,710
  • Kiryas Joel metro area
    $37,650
  • Utica metro area
    $37,200
  • New York metro area
    $35,920
  • Binghamton metro area
    $35,840
  • Rochester metro area
    $34,800

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Stockers and Order Fillers$37,970Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$43,130Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$59,440Light Truck Drivers$42,640Bus Drivers, School$51,500First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$61,160

Highest-paying metro areas for parking attendantss · Highest-paying occupations in Buffalo Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.