SOC 33-9091 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Crossing Guards and Flaggers make in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crossing Guards and Flaggers in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is $31,850. The 10th percentile is $23,330 and the 90th percentile is $39,910. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$31,850

10th percentile
$23,330
25th percentile
$29,400
Median
$31,850
75th percentile
$38,480
90th percentile
$39,910
Mean
$33,850

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Crossing Guards and Flaggers, the published 10th percentile is $23,330 and the 90th percentile is $39,910. The difference is $16,580, which is 52.1% 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 $29,400 to the 75th at $38,480, covers $9,080.

The mean annual wage is $33,850, which sits above the median of $31,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX median is 16.4% lower than the national median of $38,100 for Crossing Guards and Flaggers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,371, which is 7.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.5% lower than the Texas median of $33,350.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 90.046, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $31,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Crossing Guards and Flaggers at $35,371 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Crossing Guards and Flaggers. Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ranks 3rd of 5 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).).

  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 71 miles away, with a median of $33,350 and employment of 700. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,814, against $35,371 here.
  • College Station-Bryan, TX is 144 miles away, with a median of $37,030 and employment of 40. That median is 16.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,714, against $35,371 here.
  • Tyler, TX is 171 miles away, with a median of $28,500 and employment of 80. That median is 10.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $30,926, against $35,371 here.

Employment share

Crossing Guards and Flaggers accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX (70 of 163,220). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (94,360 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.71 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX · Crossing Guards and Flaggers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Crossing Guards and Flaggers make in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crossing Guards and Flaggers in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is $31,850. The 10th percentile is $23,330 and the 90th percentile is $39,910. Employment is 70.

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

The local median is 16.4% lower than the national median of $38,100.

What is Crossing Guards and Flaggers pay in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 90.046, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $31,850 is $35,371. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX compare with nearby metros for Crossing Guards and Flaggers?

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 71 miles away, at $33,350. Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX ranks 3rd of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.