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Crossing Guards

SOC 33-9091

Get pedestrians, especially kids, safely across busy streets.

The job
Median pay
$38k
$34k to $48k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.5% projected
Openings a year
17k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
Very low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
1st pct
More exposed than 1% of occupations · modeled estimate · 66th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
54/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
New York10,4301.11.8×$45k
Pennsylvania9,4101.62.6×$36k
California9,3900.50.8×$51k
New Jersey7,2701.72.8×$42k
Florida5,6900.60.9×$36k
Maryland3,4201.22.0×$36k
Washington3,3400.91.6×$49k
Texas2,8300.20.3×$33k
Colorado2,8101.01.6×$38k
North Carolina2,7600.60.9×$34k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Ohio2,7000.50.8×$37k
Oregon2,2501.11.9×$47k
Illinois2,2400.40.6×$39k
Indiana2,2300.71.1×$37k
Arizona2,1700.71.1×$37k
Michigan2,1500.50.8×$37k
Georgia2,0300.40.7×$34k
Virginia1,9400.50.8×$38k
Utah1,8901.11.8×$35k
Massachusetts1,7000.50.8×$43k
Connecticut1,6701.01.6×$42k
Nevada1,5001.01.6×$31k
Tennessee1,4600.40.7×$36k
West Virginia1,1901.72.8×$33k
Maine1,1401.82.9×$40k
South Carolina1,0500.50.8×$33k
Wisconsin9900.30.6×$36k
Mississippi8400.71.2×$28k~
Arkansas7210.60.9×$31k~
Delaware5801.22.0×$37k
Washington DC5200.71.2×$41k
New Mexico5100.61.0×$31k
Idaho4700.50.9×$40k
Louisiana4400.20.4×$25k
New Hampshire4400.61.1×$46k
Kentucky4200.20.3×$34k
Vermont3401.11.8×$45k
Rhode Island3250.61.1×$31k~
Minnesota2600.10.1×$48k
Alabama2500.10.2×$29k
Hawaii2300.40.6×$43k
Alaska2130.71.1×$53k~
Kansas1800.10.2×$35k
Iowa1700.10.2×$41k
Wyoming1600.60.9×$47k
Missouri1500.10.1×$34k
Oklahoma1300.10.1×$29k
Nebraska1100.10.2×$38k
Montana700.10.2×$33k
South Dakota600.10.2×$47k
North Dakota500.10.2×$60k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ13,930 jobs · $43k median
  2. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD4,300 jobs · $37k median
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,500 jobs · $56k median
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,140 jobs · $39k median
  5. Pittsburgh, PA2,120 jobs · $36k median
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,060 jobs · $41k median
  7. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD2,030 jobs · $36k median
  8. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ1,850 jobs · $38k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.