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Cargo and Freight Agents pay in Lake Charles, LA and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cargo and Freight Agents is $68,080 per year in Lake Charles, LA. It is $49,490 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Lake Charles, LA is 37.6% above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Lake Charles, LA and 410 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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