How much do Cargo and Freight Agents make in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY?

Percentile spread

For Cargo and Freight Agents, the published 10th percentile is $44,050 and the 90th percentile is $75,020. The difference is $30,970, which is 51.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $49,390 to the 75th at $65,350, covers $15,960.

The mean annual wage is $62,860, which sits above the median of $59,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY median is 14.1% higher than the national median of $52,260 for Cargo and Freight Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,514, which is 4.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.6% lower than the New York median of $60,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 109.422, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cargo and Freight Agents at $54,514 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cargo and Freight Agents. Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY ranks 9th of 15 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 59 miles away, with a median of $60,590 and employment of 7,820. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,828, against $54,514 here.
• New Haven, CT is 65 miles away, with a median of $63,380 and employment of 80. That median is 6.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,616, against $54,514 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 77 miles away, with a median of $62,830 and employment of 220. That median is 5.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,151, against $54,514 here.

Employment share

Cargo and Freight Agents accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY (60 of 268,970). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (97,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.36 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.