Cargo and Freight Agents in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,332
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$8,198
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,018
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$49,530
Kept after tax
$41,332
Worth in national money
$45,018
State rank
32
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 32 of 48 states for cargo and freight agents, with a middle wage of $49,530. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Cargo and freight agents ranks 299 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,530 the take-home is $41,332; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,018 would nationally. The average comes to $55,900, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 32 of 48 for cargo and freight agents at $49,530. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 299 of 494 in Ohio places cargo and freight agents in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for cargo and freight agents in Ohio, on $49,530, is $41,332 — equivalent to $45,018 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $55,900 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cargo and Freight Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,680 |
| This salary | $49,530 |
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 Ohio | $41,332 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,977 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,820 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $48,726 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,201 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
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 Ohio earn under $49,530 and half over. The published range runs $39,200 at the tenth percentile to $80,680 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 Ohio's $41,332, worked from $49,530. 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 299 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,018, the adjusted value of that $49,530 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 299 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for cargo and freight agents in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,200 to $80,680; 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 Ohio take-home of $41,332, on $49,530 for work ranking 299 of 494 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 299 of 494 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $45,018 — the adjusted value of that $49,530 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 299 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $55,900 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $39,200 and the top tenth $80,680 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $45,018.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Ohio then takes its own share, leaving $41,332.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 Ohio is $55,900. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,200) and the ninetieth ($80,680) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Ohio'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 $45,018 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 $41,332 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.