City of Seattle / Seattle Police Department / Parking Enforcement Officer

Job-title file

Parking Enforcement Officer

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

86 employees hold this title in Seattle Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $77,334, below the department median of $156,728.

Employees: 86
Total payroll: $6.5M
Role median: $77,334
Agency median: $156,728
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$67,662$77,334+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 86 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Parking Enforcement Officer pay vs. the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area

Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Parking Enforcement Workers — about 130 people — is $76,870. Seattle Police Department pays a median base salary of $77,334 for this role, in line with that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Seattle Police Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$59,160

$66,670

$76,870

Seattle Police Department median · $77,334

The bar is the range of annual wages for Parking Enforcement Workers across every employer in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Seattle Police Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Parking Enforcement Workers — about 9,050 people — is $46,730. Seattle Police Department’s median base salary is 65% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$35,130

$39,870

$46,730

$60,490

$75,340

Seattle Police Department median · $77,334

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Seattle Police Department is $77,334, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare jurisdictions

Parking Enforcement Officer beyond City of Seattle

This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In City of Seattle, the median of $77,334 ranks #1 of 8. See Parking Enforcement Officer across all of City of Seattle →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

District of Columbia

$70,919 · 156

City of Cincinnati

$56,026 · 27

City of Las Vegas

$54,667 · 65

City of Salt Lake City

$44,398 · 28

City of Buffalo

$32,165 · 18

City of Albuquerque

$22,566 · 6

City of Milwaukee

$17,898 · 251

Median total compensation for comparable Parking Enforcement Officerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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