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Employment Percentage
-51.81818182
SOC ID
33-3041
SOC Title
Parking Enforcement Workers
ONET ID
33-3041.00
ONET Concat ID
33304100
Median Salary
54496
Ed Level High School
94.940002
Ed Level Certificate
1.57
Ed Level Some College
1.78
Ed Level Associates
0.27
Ed Level Bachelors
1.43
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Patrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.
Core Tasks
  • 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.
  • Respond to and make radio dispatch calls regarding parking violations and complaints.
  • Maintain assigned equipment and supplies, such as hand-held citation computers, citation books, rain gear, tire-marking chalk, and street cones.
  • Appear in court at hearings regarding contested traffic citations.
  • Maintain close communications with dispatching personnel, using two-way radios or cell phones.
  • Perform simple vehicle maintenance procedures, such as checking oil and gas, and report mechanical problems to supervisors.
  • Identify vehicles in violation of parking codes, checking with dispatchers when necessary to confirm identities or to determine whether vehicles need to be booted or towed.
  • Observe and report hazardous conditions, such as missing traffic signals or signs, and street markings that need to be repainted.
  • Train new or temporary staff.
  • Make arrangements for illegally parked or abandoned vehicles to be towed, and direct tow-truck drivers to the correct vehicles.
  • Investigate and answer complaints regarding contested parking citations, determining their validity and routing them appropriately.
  • Provide information to the public regarding parking regulations and facilities, and the location of streets, buildings and points of interest.
  • Prepare and maintain required records, including logs of parking enforcement activities, and records of contested citations.
  • Perform traffic control duties such as setting up barricades and temporary signs, placing bags on parking meters to limit their use, or directing traffic.
Start Annual Earnings
35505.6
Top Annual Earnings
69368
EMSI Career Title Slug
parking-enforcement-worker