As of June 2026, Crossing Guards and Flaggers has an AI-exposure score of 34/100 (Low exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Crossing Guards and Flaggers

34/100
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More exposed than 4% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$38,100. About 18,000 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).

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How you compare to similar Protective Service roles

Crossing Guards and Flaggers (you)
34
Firefighters
44
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
45
Bailiffs
47
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists
50
Fish and Game Wardens
51
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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (83%).

Augmentable
  • Record license numbers of vehicles disregarding traffic signals, and report infractions to appropriate authorities.
  • Communicate traffic and crossing rules and other information to students and adults.
  • Inform drivers of detour routes through construction sites.
  • Report unsafe behavior of children to school officials.
  • Monitor traffic flow to locate safe gaps through which pedestrians can cross streets.
  • Discuss traffic routing plans and control-point locations with superiors.
  • 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.
  • Direct traffic movement or warn of hazards, using signs, flags, lanterns, and hand signals.
  • Learn the location and purpose of street traffic signs within assigned patrol areas.
Durable
  • Stop speeding vehicles to warn drivers of traffic laws.
  • Distribute traffic control signs and markers at designated points.

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