Cargo and Freight Agents in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,780
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$11,430
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,800
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$60,210
Kept after tax
$48,780
Worth in national money
$44,800
State rank
7
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for cargo and freight agents is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $60,210, putting the state 7 of 48 — about 15.21% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 288.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $60,210, tax leaves $48,780 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $44,800 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $61,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- For cargo and freight agents, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,210, ranking 7 of 48 and running about 15.21% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, cargo and freight agents sits at 288 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.
- After tax, $48,780 remains from the New Jersey median of $60,210 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $44,800 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $61,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cargo and Freight Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,750 |
| This salary | $60,210 |
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 New Jersey | $48,780 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,559 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,228 |
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 | $57,996 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,742 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Jersey earn less than $60,210. The published range is $47,630 up to $77,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $48,780, from $60,210, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 288 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,800 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 288.
- Reported values are medians; for cargo and freight agents in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,630 to $77,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,780 from $60,210. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 288 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,800, worked from $60,210, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Jersey address, on work sitting at 288 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,630 at the bottom tenth to $77,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Jersey run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $44,800 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and New Jersey adds its own income tax on top — which is why $48,780 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,630 to $77,750) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $44,800 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $48,780 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.