SOC 33-9091 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Crossing Guards and Flaggers make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crossing Guards and Flaggers in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is $36,000. The 10th percentile is $33,220 and the 90th percentile is $38,940. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$36,000

10th percentile
$33,220
25th percentile
$33,220
Median
$36,000
75th percentile
$36,810
90th percentile
$38,940
Mean
$37,010

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Crossing Guards and Flaggers, the published 10th percentile is $33,220 and the 90th percentile is $38,940. The difference is $5,720, which is 15.9% 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 $33,220 to the 75th at $36,810, covers $3,590.

The mean annual wage is $37,010, which sits above the median of $36,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 5.5% lower than the national median of $38,100 for Crossing Guards and Flaggers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,679, which is 1.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.5% higher than the Kentucky median of $34,450.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Crossing Guards and Flaggers at $38,679 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Crossing Guards and Flaggers. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 5th of 10 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).).

  • Lexington-Fayette, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $34,450 and employment of 140. That median is 4.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,087, against $38,679 here.
  • Bloomington, IN is 88 miles away, with a median of $35,940 and employment of 30. That median is 0.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,798, against $38,679 here.
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 89 miles away, with a median of $34,850 and employment of 250. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,542, against $38,679 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crossing Guards and Flaggers in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is $36,000. The 10th percentile is $33,220 and the 90th percentile is $38,940.

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

The local median is 5.5% lower than the national median of $38,100.

What is Crossing Guards and Flaggers pay in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,000 is $38,679. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN compare with nearby metros for Crossing Guards and Flaggers?

Lexington-Fayette, KY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 69 miles away, at $34,450. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 5th of 10 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.