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Parking Attendants
Transportation and Material Moving · SOC 53-6021
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$35,150
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
23,000
Proj. Annual Openings
137,880
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-1.1%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 53-6021 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 50/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $35,150
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 23,000
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +3.0%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 25,393 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
SpeakingService OrientationActive ListeningSocial PerceptivenessCritical Thinking
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure0.2%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
18.1%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI10.7%
AI ability · AIOE43.7%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne87%
Top Skills
1.Speaking
2.Service Orientation
3.Active Listening
4.Social Perceptiveness
5.Critical Thinking
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
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.
Common titles: Hiker, Parking Attendant, Parking Cashier, Parking Lot Attendant, Parking Ramp Attendant, Valet Attendant
Representative Tasks
- •Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
- •Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
- •Greet customers and open their car doors.
- •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.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Assist customers to ensure comfort or safety.
- •Inspect motor vehicles.
- •Apply identification labels or tags.
- •Balance receipts.
- •Prepare cash for deposit or disbursement.
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Excel · hotMicrosoft Office software · hotMicrosoft Outlook · hotMicrosoft Word · hotCorePark ValetEmail softwarePayment processing softwareSMS Valet
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
0.8%
Avg AI Exposure
6
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 53-6021: 2019 — employment: 147,390, median wage: $25,140; 2020 — employment: 123,790, median wage: $27,080; 2021 — employment: 91,160, median wage: $29,240; 2022 — employment: 105,290, median wage: $30,570; 2023 — employment: 118,130, median wage: $32,840; 2025 — employment: 137,880, median wage: $35,150.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Outlook | Average | 20% Bright |
| Median Salary | $35,150 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |