Crossing Guards and Flaggers in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,074
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,026
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,702
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$48,100
Kept after tax
$39,074
Worth in national money
$39,702
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays crossing guards and flaggers a middle wage of $48,100, ranking 4 of 49 states and sitting about 26.25% above the national middle.
- Against 490 occupations Minnesota publishes, crossing guards and flaggers lands at 377. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $48,100, tax leaves $39,074, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,702 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,920.
- Minnesota's median for crossing guards and flaggers is $48,100, about 26.25% above the national figure and 4 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Minnesota, this work ranks 377 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for crossing guards and flaggers — median $48,100 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,074 retained, $39,702 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $45,920 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Crossing Guards and Flaggers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,890 |
| This salary | $48,100 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Minnesota | $39,074 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,828 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,313 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $45,916 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,798 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,100 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,240 and the ninetieth is $57,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $39,074, from $48,100, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 377 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,702 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 377.
- The Minnesota median of $48,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,240 to $57,890. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,074 from $48,100. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 377 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,702, worked from $48,100, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Minnesota address, on work sitting at 377 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $45,920, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,240 and the top tenth $57,890, so most people doing this work in Minnesota sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $39,702 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Minnesota's own levy, $39,074 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Minnesota is $45,920. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,240 to $57,890) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $39,702 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $39,074 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.