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Cargo and Freight Agents pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and Lake Charles, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cargo and Freight Agents is $49,720 per year in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. It is $68,080 per year in Lake Charles, LA. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 27.0% below Lake Charles, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,030 wage and salary jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC and 30 in Lake Charles, LA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings