SOC 33-3041 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Parking Enforcement Workers make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Parking Enforcement Workers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $86,040. The 10th percentile is $62,280 and the 90th percentile is $99,460. Employment is 510.

Median annual wage

$86,040

10th percentile
$62,280
25th percentile
$74,380
Median
$86,040
75th percentile
$86,040
90th percentile
$99,460
Mean
$82,270

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A nurse attending an elderly patient in a hospital
A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Parking Enforcement Workers, the published 10th percentile is $62,280 and the 90th percentile is $99,460. The difference is $37,180, which is 43.2% 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 $74,380 to the 75th at $86,040, covers $11,660.

The mean annual wage is $82,270, which sits below the median of $86,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 84.1% higher than the national median of $46,730 for Parking Enforcement Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $74,421, which is 59.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 38.2% higher than the California median of $62,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $86,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Parking Enforcement Workers at $74,421 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Parking Enforcement Workers. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 1st of 4 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 78 miles away, with a median of $70,590 and employment of 70. That median is 18% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,927, against $74,421 here.
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $60,650 and employment of 70. That median is 29.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,858, against $74,421 here.
  • Salinas, CA is 118 miles away, with a median of $62,850 and employment of 30. That median is 27% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,638, against $74,421 here.

Employment share

Parking Enforcement Workers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (510 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,050 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.69 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.

Highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA · Parking Enforcement Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Parking Enforcement Workers make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Parking Enforcement Workers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $86,040. The 10th percentile is $62,280 and the 90th percentile is $99,460. Employment is 510.

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

The local median is 84.1% higher than the national median of $46,730.

What is Parking Enforcement Workers pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $86,040 is $74,421. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA compare with nearby metros for Parking Enforcement Workers?

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 78 miles away, at $70,590. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 1st of 4 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.