How much do Parking Enforcement Workers make in Salinas, CA?

Percentile spread

For Parking Enforcement Workers, the published 10th percentile is $60,910 and the 90th percentile is $72,860. The difference is $11,950, which is 19.0% 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 $60,910 to the 75th at $70,460, covers $9,550.

The mean annual wage is $66,180, which sits above the median of $62,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salinas, CA median is 34.5% higher than the national median of $46,730 for Parking Enforcement Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,638, which is 23.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.9% higher than the California median of $62,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salinas, CA is 109.042, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Parking Enforcement Workers at $57,638 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Parking Enforcement Workers. Salinas, CA ranks 3rd of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 46 miles away, with a median of $70,590 and employment of 70. That median is 12.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,927, against $57,638 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 118 miles away, with a median of $86,040 and employment of 510. That median is 36.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,421, against $57,638 here.
• Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 138 miles away, with a median of $37,200 and employment of 30. That median is 40.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,192, against $57,638 here.

Employment share

Parking Enforcement Workers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Salinas, CA (30 of 186,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.76 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.