Valet / Parking Lot Attendant
Quick Facts
Median Salary$32,411
Most Common EducationHigh school or GED
Projected 10-Year Growth+8.96%
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What They Do
A Valet or Parking Lot Attendant parks vehicles for hotel or restaurant customers. Welcomes customers and handles baggage.
Core Tasks:
- Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.
- Greet customers and open their car doors.
- Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
- Issue ticket stubs or place numbered tags on windshields, log tags or attach tag to customers' keys, and give customers matching tags for locating parked vehicles.
- Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.
- Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.
- Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots.
- Provide customer assistance and information, such as giving directions or handling wheelchairs.
- Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized.
- Call emergency responders or the proper authorities and provide motorist assistance, such as giving directions or helping jump start a stalled vehicle.
What to expect as a Valet / Parking Lot Attendant
1Earn a High school or GED Diploma
41% of people achieve this level of education.
2Gain skills and experience
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3Land a job
5396 openings for Valets / Parking Lot Attendants
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