Parking Attendants
Tasks Include:
- 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.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- Greet customers and open their car doors.
- Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
- Issue ticket stubs or place numbered tags on windshields, log tags or attach tag to customers' keys, and give customers matching tags for locating parked vehicles.
- Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.
- Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
- Provide customer assistance and information, such as giving directions or handling wheelchairs.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +11.8%
National: +5.6%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$30,570.00
State
$27,790.00
Regional
Parking Attendants
Description
Career Cluster: | Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics |
Park vehicles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May park or tend vehicles in environments such as a car dealership or rental car facility. May collect fee.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 60.75%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 38.29%
- Bachelor's Degree = 0.96%
Related Work Experience
- None = 46.84%
- Up to and including 1 month = 21.02%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.10%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 11.49%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.82%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 2.73%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 50.28%
- None = 41.15%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 8.56%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 74.94%
- None or short demonstration = 17.45%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.60%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- 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.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- Greet customers and open their car doors.
- Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
- Issue ticket stubs or place numbered tags on windshields, log tags or attach tag to customers' keys, and give customers matching tags for locating parked vehicles.
- Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.
- Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
- Provide customer assistance and information, such as giving directions or handling wheelchairs.
- Call emergency responders or the proper authorities and provide motorist assistance, such as giving directions or helping jump start a stalled vehicle.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Direct motorists to parking areas or parking spaces, using hand signals or flashlights as necessary.
- Patrol parking areas to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.
- Lift, position, and remove barricades to open or close parking areas.
- Review motorists' identification before allowing them to enter parking facilities.
- Escort customers to their vehicles to ensure their safety.
- Service vehicles with gas, oil, and water.
- Perform maintenance on cars in storage to protect tires, batteries, or exteriors from deterioration.
- Perform personnel activities, such as supervising or scheduling employees.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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62.00 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
52.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
50.50 | Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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62.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
59.50 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
56.25 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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62.50 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
59.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
59.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
59.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
56.25 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
53.00 | Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
50.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
50.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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70.25 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
63.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
62.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
58.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
57.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
54.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
54.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
53.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
53.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
53.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
51.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
49.50 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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82.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
76.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
74.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
70.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
66.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
65.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
61.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
60.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
59.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
55.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
61.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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92.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
85.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
85.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
84.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
79.40 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
79.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
78.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
77.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
76.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
75.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
74.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
72.20 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
71.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
70.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
70.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
70.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
69.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
69.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
69.00 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
68.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
68.40 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
68.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
67.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
64.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
64.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
63.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
61.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
61.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
59.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
58.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
57.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
54.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
53.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
51.80 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $22,580.00 | $30,570.00 | $34,590.00 |
Virginia | $22,880.00 | $27,790.00 | $29,890.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $26,045.98 | $30,592.32 | $32,525.73 |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $23,812.87 | $25,926.31 | $27,889.90 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $24,205.17 | $26,675.54 | $30,702.62 |
Hampton Roads | $23,812.87 | $25,387.28 | $31,023.12 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $24,641.18 | $27,424.76 | $28,986.69 |
Northern Virginia | $25,789.99 | $30,782.75 | $36,361.35 |
Piedmont Workforce | $26,014.76 | $30,190.65 | $33,476.83 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $23,808.71 | $23,808.71 | $26,614.14 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 95,900 | 101,300 | +5.6% |
Virginia | 3,011 | 3,365 | +11.8% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Parking Attendants
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Parking Attendants
Titles
- Attendant
- Auto Hiker
- Auto Parker
- Automobile Relocation Engineer
- Bellman
- Car Chaser
- Car Hiker
- Car Hop
- Car Hopper
- Car Hostler
- Car Jockey
- Car Lot Attendant
- Car Parker
- Car Runner
- Car Shagger
- Front Services Agent
- Guest Services Agent
- Hiker
- Parking Attendant
- Parking Cashier
- Parking Lot Attendant
- Parking Lot Attendant and Cashier
- Parking Lot Laborer
- Parking Lot Signaler
- Parking Lot Spotter
- Parking Ramp Attendant
- Ramp Jockey
- Shag
- Truck Spotter
- Valet Attendant
- Valet Parker
- Valet Runner
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