Cargo and Freight Agents in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,840
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$11,810
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,594
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$58,650
Kept after tax
$46,840
Worth in national money
$47,594
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Minnesota pays cargo and freight agents a middle wage of $58,650, ranking 12 of 48 states and sitting about 12.23% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 296.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $58,650 the take-home is $46,840, which is worth about $47,594 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $65,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Minnesota's median for cargo and freight agents is $58,650, about 12.23% above the national figure and 12 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, cargo and freight agents sits at 296 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Minnesota's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for cargo and freight agents on its $58,650 median: $46,840 retained after tax becomes $47,594 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $65,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cargo and Freight Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,480 |
| This salary | $58,650 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Minnesota | $46,840 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,305 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,145 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $55,582 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,803 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of cargo and freight agents in Minnesota earn under $58,650 and half over. The published range runs $46,790 at the tenth percentile to $74,480 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $46,840, worked from $58,650. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 296 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,594, the adjusted value of that $58,650 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 296 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for cargo and freight agents in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,790 to $74,480; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Minnesota take-home of $46,840, on $58,650 for work ranking 296 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 296 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $47,594 — the adjusted value of that $58,650 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 296 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $65,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,790 at the tenth percentile, $74,480 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $47,594 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Minnesota's own levy, $46,840 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Minnesota is $65,080. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,790 to $74,480) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $47,594 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $46,840 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.