As of June 2026, Parking Attendants has an AI-exposure score of 46/100 (Moderate exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Parking Attendants
More exposed than 24% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$35,150. About 18,500 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Transportation roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.
- Provide customer assistance and information, such as giving directions or handling wheelchairs.
- Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- Patrol parking areas to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.
- 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 maintenance on cars in storage to protect tires, batteries, or exteriors from deterioration.
- Direct motorists to parking areas or parking spaces, using hand signals or flashlights as necessary.
- Call emergency responders or the proper authorities and provide motorist assistance, such as giving directions or helping jump start a stalled vehicle.
- Escort customers to their vehicles to ensure their safety.
- Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized.
- Lift, position, and remove barricades to open or close parking areas.
- Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
- Greet customers and open their car doors.
- Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (93%).
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