Cargo and Freight Agents in Utah
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,232
after federal, FICA and Utah tax
Tax takes
$10,538
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,454
Utah costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Utah — 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
$52,770
Kept after tax
$42,232
Worth in national money
$44,454
State rank
18
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Utah is 18 of 48 states for cargo and freight agents, with a middle wage of $52,770. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 487 occupations Utah reports figures for, this is number 280.
- Utah is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $52,770 the take-home is $42,232; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,454 would nationally. The average comes to $58,600, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Utah ranks 18 of 48 for cargo and freight agents at $52,770. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Utah's occupational distribution, cargo and freight agents sits at 280 of 487 — 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.
- Post-tax income for cargo and freight agents in Utah, on $52,770, is $42,232 — equivalent to $44,454 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 $58,600 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 | $37,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,670 |
| This salary | $52,770 |
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 Utah | $42,232 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,581 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,422 |
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 | $49,847 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,720 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 95 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Utah earn less than $52,770. The published range is $37,370 up to $92,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $42,232 take-home in Utah comes from $52,770. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 280 of 487.
- Two cautions on $44,454, the adjusted value of that $52,770 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Utah. 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 280 of 487 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for cargo and freight agents in Utah the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,370 to $92,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $42,232, from $52,770, assumes a single Utah filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 280 of 487 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 48 for it.
- This $44,454 adjusted figure, worked from $52,770, 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 280 of 487 in the state. The occupation ranks 280 of 487 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $58,600, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $37,370, the highest tenth $92,670, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Utah sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $44,454 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 Utah adds its own income tax on top — which is why $42,232 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 Utah is $58,600. 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 ($37,370) and the ninetieth ($92,670) 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?
Utah'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 $44,454 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 $42,232 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Utah 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.