Headline risk
21%
Moderate RiskCrossing guards and flaggers
AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as streets, schools, railroad crossings, or construction sites.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 37,700
Employment 2024
91.4K
Projected Change (2024–34)
3.6%
Openings (2024–34)
18.0K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Projections published, but no prose outlook available.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Direct or escort pedestrians across streets, stopping traffic, as necessary. AI use: 0%
- 2. Guide or control vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as street and railroad crossings and construction sites. AI use: 0%
- 3. Communicate traffic and crossing rules and other information to students and adults. AI use: 0%
- 4. Monitor traffic flow to locate safe gaps through which pedestrians can cross streets. AI use: 0%
- 5. Report unsafe behavior of children to school officials. AI use: 0%
- 6. Direct traffic movement or warn of hazards, using signs, flags, lanterns, and hand signals. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 50.8 · 55K employed
Under 25: 7% · 25–54: 47% · 55+: 45%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Data quality
Employment data available
Narrative & sources
Important context
This score measures structural AI displacement pressure, not actual job losses. Local wages and demand data are specific to United States AI Work Index; the underlying AI task overlap analysis is consistent across all countries.