SOC 33-9091.00

    Crossing Guards and Flaggers

    Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as streets, schools, railroad crossings, or construction sites.

    Median pay
    $38,100
    Growth
    +3.5%
    As fast as average
    Openings a year
    17,300
    Typical education
    No formal credential

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $30,840
    Median
    $38,100
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $61,690
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    94,360 people work in this occupation.

    What crossing guards and flaggers do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as streets, schools, railroad crossings, or construction sites.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R) · strongest
    81 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    11 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    2 / 100
    Social (S)
    35 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    33 / 100
    Conventional (C)
    44 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

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    What you'd do

    Getting Information
    63
    Assisting and Caring for Others
    61
    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    61
    Performing General Physical Activities
    60
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    57
    Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
    52
    Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
    50
    Making Decisions and Solving Problems
    48
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    47
    Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
    46
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Speaking
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Active Listening
    • Monitoring
    • Coordination
    • Critical Thinking
    • Judgment and Decision Making
    • Service Orientation
    • Complex Problem Solving
    • Active Learning

    Knowledge

    • Public Safety and Security
    • Customer and Personal Service
    • English Language
    • Law and Government
    • Psychology
    • Education and Training
    • Personnel and Human Resources
    • Administration and Management
    • Transportation
    • Communications and Media

    Abilities

    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Far Vision
    • Selective Attention
    • Speech Clarity
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Speech Recognition
    • Inductive Reasoning
    • Information Ordering

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Cautiousness
    • Cooperation
    • Integrity
    • Attention to Detail
    • Self-Control
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Empathy
    • Optimism
    • Social Orientation

    Also called

    Adult Crossing Guard · Campus Supervisor · Community Service Officer · Construction Site Crossing Guard · Crossing Flagman · Crossing Gateman · Crossing Guard · Crossing Tender · Crossing Watchman · Draw Tender

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    What crossing guards and flaggers may need beyond a degree, where a license is required, and what the work pays in each state.

    Certifications

    Core certifications employers recognise for this work.

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    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 6, 2026.

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 6, 2026.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.