MIT parking rates (effective July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026)
| Parking account type | Cost | Annual Fee | Cap |
| Employee Daily and Graduate Employee Daily (gated and ungated lots) |
$11/day | $0 | $1995/year |
| Employee Off-Campus (leased lots, limited) |
$174/month | $0 | No cap |
| Emeritus Faculty | $11/day | $0 | $336/year |
| Student Commuter | $11/day | $0 | $1300/year |
| Campus Resident | $174/month | $0 | No cap |
| Carpool (Groups of two or more daily-rate employee and/or student commuters) |
$88/month divided by # people in carpool | $0 | No cap |
| Affiliate* (Consultants, contractors, volunteers, DAPER members) |
$11/day | $11/month | No cap |
| Department Vehicles | $2509/year | $0 | No cap |
| Visitor passes and scratch cards** | $34/day | $0 | No cap |
Notes
Students, faculty, and staff no longer pay an annual fee for parking.
Motorcycles do not require an additional permit; account holders simply add the motorcycle as one of the vehicles on their account.
MIT on-campus parking account holders may park for no additional charge in most lots on campus after 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and all day on weekends and MIT holidays.During the same periods of time, off-campus parkers have access to ungated lots on campus for no additional charge.The following lots are excluded from evening/weekend day/holiday parking: Hayward Garage; W18 Garage; MIT Health lot; E19 (Ford) Lot; 139 Mass Ave lot (front); and Childcare lots. Note that evening and weekend parking is allowed only in spots that are not otherwise reserved — Learn more.
* To request a parking account, affiliates must be sponsored and have a Kerberos account; visit the Affiliate parking page for more info. Note that DAPER is not currently sponsoring any additional accounts.
** Employees and students may purchase scratch passes for guests and visitors in person at the Atlas Service Center; Parking Coordinators and designated employees with the ability to commit funds may purchase them online through the parking application — Learn more.
