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Cargo and Freight Agents · SOC 43-5011

Cargo and Freight Agents Salary in the Charleston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area

Figures describe the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Charleston city limits.

Median annual wage$57,560
Median hourly wage$27.68

Cargo and Freight Agents in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro area earned a median of $57,560 per year ($27.68 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,150 at the 10th percentile to $79,440 at the 90th. BLS estimates 730 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Cargo and Freight Agents in the Charleston metro area earn more than $57,560 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,910 and $66,290.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$47,150$48,910$57,560$66,290$79,440
Hourly$22.67$23.51$27.68$31.87$38.19

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Charleston metro areathis metro area
    $57,560
  • South Carolinastate (SC)
    $57,000
  • United Statesnational
    $52,260

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +1% vs South Carolina overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$28,770$41,873$54,977$68,080San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $28,770Oklahoma City, OK — $36,050Wichita, KS — $36,400Laredo, TX — $36,810Fayetteville, NC — $37,610Lexington-Fayette, KY — $39,620Wilmington, NC — $39,790Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $41,290Urban Honolulu, HI — $42,080Knoxville, TN — $42,160Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $42,840Fort Wayne, IN — $42,880Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $43,400Saginaw, MI — $43,930Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $44,240McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $44,380El Centro, CA — $44,920Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,060El Paso, TX — $45,320Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $45,410Boise City, ID — $45,710Pittsburgh, PA — $45,760Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $45,790Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $46,090Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $46,190Tucson, AZ — $46,340Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,400Fort Smith, AR-OK — $46,470San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,530Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,650Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,790Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,880North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,970Winston-Salem, NC — $47,120Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $47,260Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,400Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,420Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,560Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,600Medford, OR — $47,600Roanoke, VA — $47,880Anchorage, AK — $47,910Reno, NV — $48,100Akron, OH — $48,130Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,150Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,290York-Hanover, PA — $48,340Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $48,360Savannah, GA — $48,560Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $48,580Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,690Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $48,710Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,720Ogden, UT — $48,750St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,780Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $48,870Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,990Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $49,060Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,310Toledo, OH — $49,350Chattanooga, TN-GA — $49,460Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $49,480Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $49,490Ann Arbor, MI — $49,540Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $49,560Richmond, VA — $49,640Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,720Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,860Bend, OR — $49,990Salem, OR — $50,100Fresno, CA — $50,150Columbus, OH — $50,210Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,220Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $50,230Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,240Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $50,260New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $50,330Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,340Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $50,680Jacksonville, FL — $50,740Evansville, IN — $50,850Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $51,110Baton Rouge, LA — $51,230Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $51,280Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $51,390South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $51,570Kennewick-Richland, WA — $51,760San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $51,860Terre Haute, IN — $52,210Rochester, NY — $52,270Lubbock, TX — $53,190Green Bay, WI — $53,820Mobile, AL — $54,110Tallahassee, FL — $54,200Springfield, MA — $54,310Visalia, CA — $54,430Salinas, CA — $54,490Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $54,820Jackson, MS — $54,890Columbia, SC — $55,070St. Cloud, MN — $55,350Birmingham, AL — $55,700Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $55,930Cleveland, OH — $56,060Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $56,060Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $56,300Spartanburg, SC — $56,410Greeley, CO — $56,940Port St. Lucie, FL — $56,960Bellingham, WA — $57,090Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $57,440Fairbanks-College, AK — $57,480Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $57,560Bozeman, MT — $58,290Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $58,460Peoria, IL — $58,540Dothan, AL — $58,610Stockton-Lodi, CA — $58,690Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $58,750Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $59,010Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $59,310Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $59,320Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,330Reading, PA — $59,450Madison, WI — $59,460Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $59,560Cedar Rapids, IA — $59,570Fargo, ND-MN — $59,580San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $59,610Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $59,650Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $59,660Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $59,750Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,850Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $59,890Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,970Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,980Lincoln, NE — $60,120Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $60,260Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $60,330Corpus Christi, TX — $60,500New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $60,590Great Falls, MT — $60,810San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,980Vallejo, CA — $61,560Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $61,860Syracuse, NY — $62,100Omaha, NE-IA — $62,240Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $62,830Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $62,950Albuquerque, NM — $63,010Missoula, MT — $63,010New Haven, CT — $63,380Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $64,580Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $65,320Rapid City, SD — $65,440Tulsa, OK — $67,140Lake Charles, LA — $68,080

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Charleston metro area has the 45th-highest published median for this occupation among the 157 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cargo and freight agents, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Charleston metro areathis page
    $57,560
  • Greenville metro area
    $59,320
  • Myrtle Beach metro area
    $58,460
  • Spartanburg metro area
    $56,410
  • Columbia metro area
    $55,070

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Customer Service Representatives$44,000Office Clerks, General$39,250First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,910Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,750Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,400Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$44,640

Highest-paying metro areas for cargo and freight agentss · Highest-paying occupations in Charleston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.