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Crossing Guards and Flaggers pay in North Dakota and Pennsylvania
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Crossing Guards and Flaggers is $60,230 per year in North Dakota. It is $35,810 per year in Pennsylvania. North Dakota is 68.2% above Pennsylvania 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 50 wage and salary jobs in North Dakota and 9,410 in Pennsylvania. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings