How to hire parking attendants
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Job description template
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[Job title] at [Company name] [City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range] About the role [Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.] What you will do • Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints. • 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. • Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots. • 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. • Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles. What you bring • [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any] • [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: No formal educational credential] • Strong speaking and active listening skills • [Anything else you would really turn someone away for] Pay and benefits [Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $16.90 an hour ($35,150 a year). [Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.] How to apply [Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]
Interview questions for parking attendants
Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to greet customers and open their car doors. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to inspect vehicles to detect any damage. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to 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. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Explain something technical from your last job as you would to a new coworker.
- Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
- Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?
Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.
What parking attendants do
- Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
- 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.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- 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.
- Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
Skills that matter most
Education, experience and outlook for parking attendants
- Typical education to start: No formal educational credential (BLS)
- Related work experience most have: Up to 1 month (O*NET)
- Training on the job: Short-term on-the-job training (BLS)
- Job outlook: +2% over ten years, about as fast as average · about 16,400 openings a year (BLS)
What to pay parking attendants
Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:
| State | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| Washington | $43,180 |
| Colorado | $39,330 |
| Oregon | $38,730 |
| California | $38,060 |
| Massachusetts | $37,360 |
| Georgia | $28,960 |
| Oklahoma | $27,230 |
| Louisiana | $23,920 |
See parking attendants pay in every state
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Post a job freePay by areaJob duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.