Crossing Guards and Flaggers
SOC Code: 33-9091
Crossing Guards and Flaggerss direct or escort pedestrians across streets, stopping traffic, as necessary. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 100.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 100.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$37,700
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Job Growth
3.6%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Speaking
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Active Listening
- •Monitoring
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Service Orientation
- •Coordination
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓Direct or escort pedestrians across streets, stopping traffic, as necessary.
- ✓Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as street and railroad crossings and construction sites.
- ✓Monitor traffic flow to locate safe gaps through which pedestrians can cross streets.
- ✓Communicate traffic and crossing rules and other information to students and adults.
- ✓Direct traffic movement or warn of hazards, using signs, flags, lanterns, and hand signals.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation