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Parking Enforcement Workers pay in Reading, PA and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Parking Enforcement Workers is $43,410 per year in Reading, PA. It is $86,040 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Reading, PA is 49.5% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-3041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs in Reading, PA and 510 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings