SOC 33-3041 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Parking Enforcement Workers make in Kansas City, MO-KS?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Parking Enforcement Workers in Kansas City, MO-KS is $39,040. The 10th percentile is $39,020 and the 90th percentile is $47,200. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$39,040

10th percentile
$39,020
25th percentile
$39,040
Median
$39,040
75th percentile
$41,950
90th percentile
$47,200
Mean
$41,480

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Parking Enforcement Workers, the published 10th percentile is $39,020 and the 90th percentile is $47,200. The difference is $8,180, which is 21.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,040 to the 75th at $41,950, covers $2,910.

The mean annual wage is $41,480, which sits above the median of $39,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kansas City, MO-KS median is 16.5% lower than the national median of $46,730 for Parking Enforcement Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,186, which is 9.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Missouri median of $39,040.

Kansas City, MO-KS covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kansas City, MO-KS is 92.543, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Parking Enforcement Workers at $42,186 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Parking Enforcement Workers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Parking Enforcement Workers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Kansas City, MO-KS (60 of 1,096,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Parking Enforcement Workers make in Kansas City, MO-KS?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Parking Enforcement Workers in Kansas City, MO-KS is $39,040. The 10th percentile is $39,020 and the 90th percentile is $47,200. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Parking Enforcement Workers?

The local median is 16.5% lower than the national median of $46,730.

What is Parking Enforcement Workers pay in Kansas City, MO-KS after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kansas City, MO-KS is 92.543, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,040 is $42,186. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.