Job Market Health score
55/ 100
Balanced
Stable
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Cargo and freight agents
SOC 43-5011 · 43-0000 · Reference month July 2026
In short
As of July 2026, Cargo and freight agents have a Job Market Health score of 55/100, classified as Balanced. This score is our derived indicator, not a government statistic.
The published median annual wage is $52,260.
BLS projects about 9,000 average annual openings and +6.2% employment growth over the 2025-2035 projection period. Projected openings are a modeled yearly average, not jobs open today.
$52,260Median annual wageOEWS May 2025
9,000Projected annual openingsBLS Employment Projections 2025-2035
+6.2%Projected growth2025–2035
97,670Total employmentOEWS May 2025
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How to read this section
QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for this occupation. These figures describe the industries that employ this occupation; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or jobs currently open.
Source: BLS QCEW. This section is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score. See the methodology.
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The score is a national composite from 0 to 100 that weights near term hiring demand at 50 percent, the occupation's own employment fundamentals at 30 percent, and long-term outlook at 20 percent. Wages and occupation profile details are context shown alongside it, not score inputs. See the full methodology.
Median annual wage and metro employment come from BLS OEWS, which is annual. Projected annual openings and projected growth come from BLS Employment Projections and describe the published projection horizon, so they are not a count of jobs open today. Values shown as not published are suppressed by the source rather than filled in here.
Job Market Health trend
Published composite score by reference month
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Score components
The three published inputs behind the composite
Largest metro markets by employment
OEWS metro employment, where the jobs are, not a quality ranking
| Metro area | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 10,490 | 1.67 | $59,010 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 7,820 | 0.82 | $60,590 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 5,630 | 1.25 | $59,850 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 4,620 | 1.64 | $48,150 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 2,680 | 0.93 | $58,750 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 2,570 | 0.63 | $48,690 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 2,140 | 0.65 | $50,220 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1,960 | 0.82 | $60,980 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1,960 | 1.14 | $46,880 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1,940 | 0.93 | $61,860 |
Education & training
Typical entry requirements · BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035
Top skills
Occupation profile · O*NET 31.0 Database
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