Highest-paying Cities for Cargo and Freight Agents

The top 100 highest paying cities for cargo and freight agents (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of cargo and freight agents in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $81,210, Salinas, California is the highest paying city for cargo and freight agents. It is followed by Tuscaloosa, Alabama (average annual salary $75,450). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of cargo and freight agents in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Cargo and Freight Agents

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Salinas, California	$81,210	$53,780	80
2	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$75,450	$27,910	70
3	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$70,730	$41,560	160
4	Erie, Pennsylvania	$68,970	$45,990	40
5	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$65,230	$41,860	40
6	Huntsville, Alabama	$64,110	$42,690	60
7	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$62,570	$33,180	n/a
8	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$62,520	$43,840	50
9	Ocala, Florida	$61,420	$35,140	30
10	Missoula, Montana	$60,410	$42,990	70
11	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$59,470	$39,300	50
12	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$58,830	$46,990	70
13	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$58,760	$38,790	160
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$58,550	$36,600	530
15	Salisbury, Maryland	$58,300	$31,060	50
16	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$57,290	$29,020	n/a
17	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$56,180	$43,230	n/a
18	Rapid City, South Dakota	$55,560	$47,050	70
19	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$55,410	$39,730	100
20	Waterbury, Connecticut	$55,310	$33,520	40
21	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$54,720	$36,040	40
22	Yakima, Washington	$54,620	$37,130	30
23	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$54,300	$37,600	40
24	Camden, New Jersey	$53,850	$34,060	80
25	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$53,810	$46,830	130
26	Manchester, New Hampshire	$53,810	$34,690	40
27	Lincoln, Nebraska	$53,660	$33,460	n/a
28	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$53,390	$33,070	150
29	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$53,370	$32,980	1,880
30	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$53,260	$38,870	90
31	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$53,140	$29,760	130
32	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$52,940	$34,980	6,470
33	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$52,790	$19,840	30
34	Danbury, Connecticut	$52,610	$36,570	40
35	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$52,550	$39,520	1,280
36	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$52,500	$28,710	30
37	Billings, Montana	$52,380	$37,660	160
38	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$52,230	$29,410	90
39	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$52,060	$31,450	180
40	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$51,850	$35,640	n/a
41	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$51,780	$35,970	1,150
42	Sioux City, South Dakota	$51,660	$37,120	60
43	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$51,590	$46,780	70
44	Asheville, North Carolina	$51,590	$33,640	70
45	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$51,580	$23,170	30
46	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$51,520	$31,560	1,180
47	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$51,390	$36,670	30
48	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$51,260	$39,530	1,540
49	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$51,210	$38,120	430
50	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$51,200	$34,000	40
51	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$51,180	$35,310	50
52	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$51,050	$30,780	290
53	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$50,750	$30,460	80
54	Jackson, Mississippi	$50,500	$16,070	70
55	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$50,460	$33,930	50
56	Corpus Christi, Texas	$50,120	$33,490	50
57	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$50,010	$24,310	60
58	Joplin, Missouri	$49,850	$38,910	80
59	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$49,740	$32,380	300
60	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$49,730	$33,550	90
61	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$49,730	$36,470	110
62	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$49,640	$38,910	6,850
63	Richmond, Virginia	$49,610	$37,890	320
64	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$49,450	$34,050	30
65	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$49,430	$36,790	980
66	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$49,330	$33,960	30
67	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$49,320	$23,920	70
68	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$49,240	$31,210	40
69	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$49,150	$34,390	80
70	Madison, Wisconsin	$49,040	$33,280	50
71	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$48,940	$33,640	50
72	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$48,870	$35,430	7,340
73	St Louis, Missouri	$48,840	$32,040	1,280
74	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$48,780	$37,070	580
75	Medford, Oregon	$48,740	$27,830	120
76	Kansas City, Missouri	$48,480	$38,620	1,210
77	Roanoke, Virginia	$48,420	$32,990	40
78	Lafayette, Louisiana	$48,310	$40,150	30
79	Port St Lucie, Florida	$48,310	$28,190	60
80	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$48,160	$31,750	120
81	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$48,100	$40,570	40
82	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$48,090	$21,230	1,140
83	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$47,940	$21,510	60
84	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$47,900	$31,990	120
85	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$47,900	$33,070	60
86	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$47,880	$37,110	50
87	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$47,850	$42,530	n/a
88	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$47,750	$31,650	4,330
89	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$47,620	$33,110	180
90	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$47,620	$32,970	700
91	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$47,510	$35,750	810
92	Columbus, Ohio	$47,300	$38,530	560
93	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$47,290	$40,470	n/a
94	Jacksonville, Florida	$47,220	$32,660	990
95	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$47,210	$31,850	50
96	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$47,180	$30,460	770
97	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$47,160	$18,620	40
98	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$47,110	$33,640	290
99	Stockton, California	$47,090	$36,790	100
100	Janesville, Wisconsin	$47,060	$32,250	30

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