AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 33-3041.00
Will AI replace Parking Enforcement Workers?
Parking Enforcement Workers: AI can already handle 16 of 22 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 22 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Parking Enforcement Workers, from most to least exposed. 16 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Write warnings and citations for illegally parked vehicles. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Appear in court at hearings regarding contested traffic citations. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Respond to and make radio dispatch calls regarding parking violations and complaints. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Perform simple vehicle maintenance procedures, such as checking oil and gas, and report mechanical problems to supervisors. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Observe and report hazardous conditions, such as missing traffic signals or signs, and street markings that need to be repainted. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Identify vehicles in violation of parking codes, checking with dispatchers when necessary to confirm identities or to determine whether vehicles need to be booted or towed. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Mark tires of parked vehicles with chalk and record time of marking, and return at regular intervals to ensure that parking time limits are not exceeded. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Locate lost, stolen, and counterfeit parking permits, and take necessary enforcement action. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Investigate and answer complaints regarding contested parking citations, determining their validity and routing them appropriately. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Collect coins deposited in meters. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Wind parking meter clocks. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Provide assistance to motorists needing help with problems, such as flat tires, keys locked in cars, or dead batteries. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Perform traffic control duties such as setting up barricades and temporary signs, placing bags on parking meters to limit their use, or directing traffic. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Assign and review the work of subordinates. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Train new or temporary staff. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Maintain assigned equipment and supplies, such as hand-held citation computers, citation books, rain gear, tire-marking chalk, and street cones. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Maintain close communications with dispatching personnel, using two-way radios or cell phones. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Prepare and maintain required records, including logs of parking enforcement activities, and records of contested citations. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Provide information to the public regarding parking regulations and facilities, and the location of streets, buildings and points of interest. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Make arrangements for illegally parked or abandoned vehicles to be towed, and direct tow-truck drivers to the correct vehicles. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 0 of 22 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 22 of 22. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A standard-tier model or lower covers 87% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 91% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 9% is hands-on.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 9,050
- Median annual wage
- $46,730
- Middle half of earners
- $39,870 to $60,490
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- -1.5%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Parking Attendants 72% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure19
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 61% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure65
- Traffic Technicians 58% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure39
- Animal Control Workers 57% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure34
- Highway Maintenance Workers 56% skill overlap, about 16 months to move Exposure21
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Parking Enforcement Workers and AI
Will AI replace Parking Enforcement Workers?
AI already handles 16 of the 22 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 59 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by -1.5% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Parking Enforcement Workers?
59 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 0 of the 22 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 22 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Parking Enforcement Workers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers; Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance; Write warnings and citations for illegally parked vehicles. They are three of the 16 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-tier model or lower covers 87% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Parking Enforcement Workers, and what do they earn?
9,050 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $46,730 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of -1.5% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Parking Enforcement Workers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/parking-enforcement-workers
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