Parking Lot Attendants in South Carolina

Is South Carolina a good place for you to work as a Parking Lot Attendant?

You’re in luck! Jobs for Parking Lot Attendants in South Carolina are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

• Projected employment for Parking Lot Attendants in South Carolina is growing faster than average.

• Parking Lot Attendants in South Carolina earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Parking Lot Attendants Work in South Carolina?

800 people worked as Parking Lot Attendants in 2018 in this state.

There were 690 Parking Lot Attendants employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 110 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

The typical state has 1,100 Parking Lot Attendants working in it, which means South Carolina has fewer Parking Lot Attendants than average.

Job Projections for South Carolina

Jobs for Parking Lot Attendants in this state are growing at a rate of 10.5% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 6.2%.

South Carolina Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 90 annual Parking Lot Attendants job openings in South Carolina, and 630 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 23,900 annual jobs and 161,000 total jobs in 2026.

What do Parking Lot Attendants Make in South Carolina?

In 2018 wages for Parking Lot Attendants ranged from $16,300 to $28,950 with $19,110 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $7.84 to $13.92. The median hourly rate was $9.19.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $10.11 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate declined by $0.92.

The median salary in South Carolina is higher than the nationwide median salary.

Top South Carolina Metros for Parking Lot Attendants

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Parking Lot Attendants.

Metro	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	890	$20,650
Columbia, SC	360	$18,690
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	250	$19,190
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	120	$20,770
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	60	$18,990

Top States for Parking Lot Attendants Employment

View the list below to see where most Parking Lot Attendants work.

State	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
California	23,900	$25,930
Florida	17,320	$20,120
New York	16,220	$24,690
Texas	9,770	$21,260
Pennsylvania	5,950	$23,510
Illinois	5,590	$24,790
New Jersey	4,990	$22,810
Ohio	4,520	$21,060
Michigan	4,380	$21,100
Massachusetts	4,110	$29,440
Georgia	3,930	$19,280
Nevada	3,290	$24,060
District of Columbia	2,830	$26,660
Tennessee	2,720	$22,050
Maryland	2,720	$22,900
Washington	2,700	$30,330
North Carolina	2,650	$22,500
Arizona	2,440	$23,240
Virginia	2,290	$25,060
Missouri	2,190	$21,550

Below are the states where Parking Lot Attendants get paid the most:

State	Annual Median Salary
Washington	$30,330
Massachusetts	$29,440
Maine	$28,790
District of Columbia	$26,660
Vermont	$26,410
California	$25,930
North Dakota	$25,520
Oregon	$25,420
Wyoming	$25,240
Virginia	$25,060

References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.