Parking Enforcement Workers build time management, social perceptiveness and service orientation skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Transportation Security Screeners (81%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transportation Security Screeners | 81% | $66,770 | +43% | None |
| 2 | Security Guards | 80% | $38,020 | −19% | None |
| 3 | Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters | 77% | $78,000 | +67% | None |
| 4 | Animal Control Workers | 77% | $45,660 | −2% | None |
| 5 | Parking Attendants | 76% | $35,150 | −25% | None |
| 6 | Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 76% | $50,340 | +8% | None |
| 7 | Crossing Guards and Flaggers | 75% | $38,100 | −18% | None |
| 8 | Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs | 75% | $37,290 | −20% | None |
| 9 | Subway and Streetcar Operators | 72% | $86,380 | +85% | None |
| 10 | Light Truck Drivers | 71% | $44,860 | −4% | None |
Compared with Parking Enforcement Workers, median $46,730. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as parking enforcement workers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
81% skill match · $66,770 · +43% pay
Operations Analysis · Operations Monitoring · Quality Control Analysis
80% skill match · $38,020 · −19% pay
Judgment and Decision Making · Operations Analysis
77% skill match · $78,000 · +67% pay
Operations Monitoring · Systems Analysis · Systems Evaluation
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Transportation Security Screeners (81% skill match, median $66,770), Security Guards (80% skill match, median $38,020) and Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters (77% skill match, median $78,000), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 16 pay more than parking enforcement workers at the median. The biggest increases: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives (+127%, $106,040), Subway and Streetcar Operators (+85%, $86,380) and Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters (+67%, $78,000).
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.