Cargo and Freight Agents · SOC 43-5011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Cargo and Freight Agentss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for cargo and freight agents. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (5 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 157 metro areas

Cargo and Freight Agents: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Lake Charles, LA	$68,080	30	0.3
2	Tulsa, OK	$67,140	130	0.3
3	Rapid City, SD	$65,440	30	0.4
4	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$65,320	40	0.2
5	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$64,580	60	0.3
6	New Haven, CT	$63,380	80	0.3
7	Albuquerque, NM	$63,010	60	0.1
8	Missoula, MT	$63,010	60	0.9
9	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$62,950	100	0.6
10	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$62,830	220	0.4
11	Omaha, NE-IA	$62,240	290	0.6
12	Syracuse, NY	$62,100	120	0.4
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$61,860	1,940	0.9
14	Vallejo, CA	$61,560	50	0.3
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$60,980	1,960	0.8
16	Great Falls, MT	$60,810	50	1.3
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$60,590	7,820	0.8
18	Corpus Christi, TX	$60,500	40	0.2
19	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$60,330	50	0.3
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$60,260	180	0.2
21	Lincoln, NE	$60,120	50	0.3
22	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$59,980	40	0.1
23	Portland-South Portland, ME	$59,970	50	0.2
24	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$59,890	140	0.3
25	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$59,850	5,630	1.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Cargo and Freight Agents overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.