National
| Median wages (2008) |
$9.04 hourly, $18,790 annual |
| Employment (2006) |
135,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2006-2016) |
Average (7% to 13%)
|
| Projected need (2006-2016) |
53,000 additional employees |
53-6021.00 - Parking Lot Attendants
Park automobiles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May collect fee.
Sample of reported job titles:
Valet Attendant, Parking Attendant, Parking Lot Attendant, Parking Cashier, Bellman, Front Services Agent, Guest Services Agent, Parking Ramp Attendant
Tasks
- Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
- Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized.
- Direct motorists to parking areas or parking spaces, using hand signals or flashlights as necessary.
- Patrol parking areas in order to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- Greet customers and open their car doors.
- Calculate parking charges, and collect fees from customers.
- Issue ticket stubs, or place numbered tags on windshields, and give customers matching tags for locating parked vehicles.
- Lift, position, and remove barricades in order to open or close parking areas.
- Inspect vehicles in order to detect any damage.
