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Crossing Guards and Flaggers pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and Charleston-North Charleston, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Crossing Guards and Flaggers is $42,760 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It is $73,990 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 42.2% below Charleston-North Charleston, SC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-9091 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 320 wage and salary jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and 140 in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.