SOC 33-9091 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Crossing Guards and Flaggers make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crossing Guards and Flaggers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is $35,850. The 10th percentile is $31,720 and the 90th percentile is $58,770. Employment is 2,030.

Median annual wage

$35,850

10th percentile
$31,720
25th percentile
$34,580
Median
$35,850
75th percentile
$42,940
90th percentile
$58,770
Mean
$39,850

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Crossing Guards and Flaggers, the published 10th percentile is $31,720 and the 90th percentile is $58,770. The difference is $27,050, which is 75.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $34,580 to the 75th at $42,940, covers $8,360.

The mean annual wage is $39,850, which sits above the median of $35,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median is 5.9% lower than the national median of $38,100 for Crossing Guards and Flaggers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,310, which is 9.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Maryland median of $35,850.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Crossing Guards and Flaggers at $34,310 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Crossing Guards and Flaggers. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 10th of 21 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • York-Hanover, PA is 44 miles away, with a median of $34,660 and employment of 130. That median is 3.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,104, against $34,310 here.
  • Lancaster, PA is 53 miles away, with a median of $35,360 and employment of 190. That median is 1.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,987, against $34,310 here.
  • Dover, DE is 58 miles away, with a median of $33,670 and employment of 90. That median is 6.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,531, against $34,310 here.

Employment share

Crossing Guards and Flaggers accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (2,030 of 1,356,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (94,360 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.47 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Crossing Guards and Flaggers make in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crossing Guards and Flaggers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is $35,850. The 10th percentile is $31,720 and the 90th percentile is $58,770. Employment is 2,030.

How does that compare with the national median for Crossing Guards and Flaggers?

The local median is 5.9% lower than the national median of $38,100.

What is Crossing Guards and Flaggers pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 104.487, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $35,850 is $34,310. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD compare with nearby metros for Crossing Guards and Flaggers?

York-Hanover, PA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 44 miles away, at $34,660. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ranks 10th of 21 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.