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Parking Enforcement Worker

💰 Earn $58K-$85K

📚 High School Diploma or GED

⏱️ 6–12 Month Training

📈 -1.5% Job Growth

Ideal for those who enjoy maintaining order and ensuring community safety.
Play a key role in keeping streets clear and accessible for everyone.
Use tech tools to manage parking regulations and enhance urban mobility.

What Parking Enforcement Workers DoPatrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.

Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers.
Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance.
Write warnings and citations for illegally parked vehicles.
Appear in court at hearings regarding contested traffic citations.
Maintain assigned equipment and supplies, such as hand-held citation computers, citation books, rain gear, tire-marking chalk, and street cones.

Parking Enforcement Workers Education, Salary, and Growth

Minimum EducationHigh School Diploma or GED

Career ProspectsShaky (Decreasing by 1-5%)

Training Time6 months to 1 year

Job Openings700 Annually

Median Earnings

$66,200 in California

$47,150 Nationally

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Using data or completing tasks
Working with my hands

you value

Having support
Having freedom
Personal relationships

you are skilled in

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Monitoring
Judgment and Decision Making
Service Orientation
Quality Control Analysis

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