What Parking Attendants earn in Hunterdon County, NJ
According to the latest federal wage data for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, the median pay for Parking Attendants in Hunterdon County, NJ is $35,920 a year, or $17.27 an hour. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax, the paycheck shrinks to $30,449 a year, and rent, food and energy take another bite. The sections below walk through each step with the actual math for Hunterdon County, NJ.
The mean wage is $36,840, which is 2.6% above the median, so pay is spread fairly evenly. The survey counts about 14,220 people working in this occupation across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Hunterdon County, NJ has roughly 130,160 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Parking Attendants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $33,580 a year ($16.14 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $42,290 or more ($20.33 an hour). That is a gap of $8,710 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $35,050 at the 25th percentile and $36,420 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 1.3 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Converted to an hourly wage, the median for Parking Attendants in Hunterdon County, NJ is $17.27. A full-time schedule of 40 hours for 52 weeks adds up to $35,920, and the same salary is $2,993 a month before taxes or about $1,382 per biweekly pay period. After taxes the same job pays $14.64 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Parking Attendants
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Parking Attendants this way: "Park vehicles or issue tickets for customers in a parking lot or garage. May park or tend vehicles in environments such as a car dealership or rental car facility. May collect fee."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Take numbered tags from customers, locate vehicles, and deliver vehicles, or provide customers with instructions for locating vehicles"; "Keep parking areas clean and orderly to ensure that space usage is maximized"; "Park and retrieve automobiles for customers in parking lots, storage garages, or new car lots"; "Greet customers and open their car doors".
Job outlook for Parking Attendants
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 139,200 jobs in 2025 to 142,000 in 2035, a change of +2%, slower than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 16,400 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 11.8% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: no formal educational credential. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: short-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $35,150 for this occupation; the Hunterdon County, NJ median of $35,920 is 2.2% above it.
How pay in Hunterdon County, NJ compares
Compared with the New Jersey average
Hunterdon County, NJ pays above the state benchmark. The New Jersey employment-weighted average for Parking Attendants is $35,126; the local median of $35,920 beats it by $794, or 2.3%. Within New Jersey, Hunterdon County, NJ already has the highest median we track for this job.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Parking Attendants is $33,754 across the contiguous United States. At $35,920, Hunterdon County, NJ pays $2,166 more, which is 6.4% above that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Hunterdon County, NJ
Among the 671 occupations with published wages in Hunterdon County, NJ, Parking Attendants ranks number 660 by median pay, ahead of about 2% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Anesthesiologists at $460,800 a year, which is $424,880 more than the median for Parking Attendants.
From gross pay to take-home pay
A salary of $35,920 does not arrive in full. We model a single filer with wage income only, the standard deduction and tax-year 2025 rules, and we keep the three tax layers apart: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and state income tax. Together they take $5,471 a year, which leaves $30,449, or $2,537 a month.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $15 goes to taxes and $85 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 15.2%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $20,170. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 12% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $2,182, an effective 6.1% of gross pay, well below the 12% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $2,227 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $521. FICA totals $2,748, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in New Jersey
New Jersey income tax on this salary is $541 a year, or 1.5% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 25% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $45 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Hunterdon County, NJ
IRS Statistics of Income data for Hunterdon County, NJ show an average adjusted gross income of $156,325 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 18.1% across all filers. Filers in the $25,000 to under $50,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 6.1%, compared with the 6.1% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Hunterdon County, NJ
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Hunterdon County, NJ: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $30,449 of take-home pay.
Rent
The HUD Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Hunterdon County, NJ is $2,103 a month, or $25,236 a year. A two-bedroom costs $2,623 a month. For Parking Attendants, a one-bedroom absorbs 82.9% of take-home pay and 70.3% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 9.6% of gross pay for Parking Attendants in Hunterdon County, NJ. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using New Jersey residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $2,044 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $518, for $2,562 in total. Gasoline in New Jersey averages $3.21 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,484.
What is left over
The basics cost $32,717 a year in Hunterdon County, NJ, but take-home pay for Parking Attendants is $30,449. That is a shortfall of $2,268 a year, or $189 a month, before health care, transportation beyond fuel, debt or savings. Closing the gap would take roughly 155 extra paid hours a year at the take-home hourly rate of $14.64, or a second earner, a cheaper home or a roommate.
Local housing and commute data for Hunterdon County, NJ
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Hunterdon County, NJ: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Hunterdon County, NJ, set beside the New Jersey and national medians.
Property taxes in Hunterdon County, NJ
Homeowners in Hunterdon County, NJ pay a median of $10,001 a year in real estate taxes, 4% above the New Jersey median of $9,590 and 221% above the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $517,200, the median tax bill is 1.93% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Parking Attendants median of $35,920, a tax bill of that size would equal 27.8% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Hunterdon County, NJ
Renters in Hunterdon County, NJ pay a median gross rent of $1,687 a month in the Census survey, 2% below the New Jersey median of $1,720. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $2,103 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $517,200, 14% above the New Jersey median of $454,400. Median household income is $141,715, 37% above the New Jersey median of $103,556, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 17.8% of that income.
Commuting in Hunterdon County, NJ
Workers in Hunterdon County, NJ who travel to a workplace spend an average of 33.0 minutes each way, 8% above the New Jersey average of 30.5. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 5.5 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 21.8% of workers in Hunterdon County, NJ work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Parking Attendants afford to live in Hunterdon County, NJ?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $35,920 that ceiling is $898 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $2,103 is $1,205 over it, so rent breaks the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $40.44 an hour; the median for Parking Attendants is $17.27, which is 57% below that mark. Another way to see it: at $14.64 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 33.2 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $2,623 a month means $1,312 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $9,498 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $7,230, which turns the shortfall into a surplus.
How fast you can save
With no monthly margin after the four basics, saving requires a change on one side of the ledger: higher pay than the $35,920 median, lower housing costs than the $2,103 one-bedroom rent, or a second income.
Frequently asked questions about Parking Attendants pay in Hunterdon County, NJ
What is the hourly wage for Parking Attendants in Hunterdon County, NJ?
The median is $17.27 per hour, based on $35,920 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $16.14 at the 10th percentile to $20.33 at the 90th percentile.
What is the take-home pay for Parking Attendants in Hunterdon County, NJ?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $35,920 becomes $30,449 a year. That is $2,537 a month, $1,171 every two weeks or $586 a week.
What percentage of pay goes to taxes for Parking Attendants in Hunterdon County, NJ?
Total taxes are $5,471 a year, an effective rate of 15.2%: $2,182 federal income tax, $2,748 FICA and $541 New Jersey income tax.
Is pay for Parking Attendants in Hunterdon County, NJ above the New Jersey average?
Yes. The local median of $35,920 is +2.3% versus the New Jersey average of $35,126, a difference of $794 a year.
Is a one-bedroom rent affordable on the median Parking Attendants salary in Hunterdon County, NJ?
A one-bedroom costs $2,103 a month against take-home pay of $2,537, which is 82.9% of take-home pay. That does not meet the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $898 a month.
How much is left after rent, food and energy for Parking Attendants in Hunterdon County, NJ?
Nothing remains: the basics cost $32,717 a year, which is $2,268 more than take-home pay, a monthly shortfall of $189.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Hunterdon County, NJ at the 30% guideline?
$40.44 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $25,236 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Parking Attendants is $17.27.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the New Jersey rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.