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Parking Attendants

The short answer

This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to hold steady over the next decade, with about 1,892 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.

AI can help with or automate about 13% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Explain and calculate parking charges, collect fees from customers, and respond to customer complaints.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Greet customers and open their car doors.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. 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.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Perform cash handling tasks, such as making change, balancing and recording cash drawer, or distributing tips.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Patrol parking areas to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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The closest matches by the skills they use—each has projected openings in New York State, pays within reach of your job now, and is no more exposed to AI than your job. Each card shows what the move would take.

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    Pays about 36% more—$50,099 vs your $36,706 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires no formal educational credential, plus short-term on-the-job training.

    Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.

    Skills you already have

    • Far Vision
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    New skills to build

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    Pays about 5% more—$38,369 vs your $36,706 here.

    What the move takes

    A step up—usually requires a high school diploma or equivalent, plus short-term on-the-job training.

    Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.

    Skills you already have

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Oral Expression
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    • Oral Comprehension
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    Your current skills largely cover this move.