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Crossing Guards and Flaggers pay in Charleston-North Charleston, SC and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Crossing Guards and Flaggers is $73,990 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. It is $40,800 per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 81.3% above Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 140 wage and salary jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC and 2,060 in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. 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.