Cargo and Freight Agents in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,115
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$11,305
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,397
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — 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
$49,420
Kept after tax
$38,115
Worth in national money
$36,397
State rank
33
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oregon pays cargo and freight agents a middle wage of $49,420, 33 of 48 states and about 5.43% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Oregon this is lower-paid work. Of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, cargo and freight agents ranks 372. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $49,420, tax leaves $38,115 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,397 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $53,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- Oregon's $49,420 median for cargo and freight agents places it 33 of 48 states, about 5.43% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Oregon reports, cargo and freight agents ranks 372 of 489, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $38,115 remains from the Oregon median of $49,420 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,397 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $53,190 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 | $43,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,560 |
| This salary | $49,420 |
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 Oregon | $38,115 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,889 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,710 |
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 | $44,723 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,115 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oregon earn less than $49,420. The published range is $43,730 up to $74,560, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $38,115, from $49,420, 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 372 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $36,397, the adjusted value of that $49,420 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 372 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for cargo and freight agents in Oregon the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,730 to $74,560. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,115 from $49,420. 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 372 of 489 locally.
- This $36,397 adjusted figure, worked from $49,420, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 372 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 372 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $53,190, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,730 at the bottom tenth to $74,560 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $36,397 of national purchasing power.
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; Oregon then takes its own share, leaving $38,115.
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 Oregon is $53,190. 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 ($43,730 to $74,560) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oregon rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $36,397 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 $38,115 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon 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.