Office & Admin
Freight Brokers
SOC 43-5011
Arrange the shipment of goods by connecting shippers with carriers.
The job
Median pay
$52k
$46k to $63k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+6.2% projected
Openings a year
9k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
4/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
70th pct
More exposed than 70% of occupations · modeled estimate · 72nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
43/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Writing
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 17,060 | 0.9 | 1.5× | $58k |
| Florida | 8,110 | 0.8 | 1.3× | $49k |
| Texas | 7,610 | 0.5 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Illinois | 6,110 | 1.0 | 1.6× | $60k |
| New York | 5,760 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $60k |
| New Jersey | 4,280 | 1.0 | 1.6× | $60k |
| Georgia | 3,630 | 0.7 | 1.2× | $51k |
| Tennessee | 3,390 | 1.0 | 1.6× | $52k |
| Ohio | 2,840 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $50k |
| Pennsylvania | 2,810 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $50k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 2,570 | 1.3 | 2.0× | $46k |
| North Carolina | 2,520 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $48k |
| Washington | 2,410 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Michigan | 2,150 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $48k |
| Arizona | 1,840 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $50k |
| Hawaii | 1,760 | 2.8 | 4.5× | $42k |
| South Carolina | 1,540 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $57k |
| Missouri | 1,410 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $51k |
| Minnesota | 1,380 | 0.5 | 0.7× | $59k |
| Oregon | 1,290 | 0.7 | 1.0× | $49k |
| Virginia | 1,280 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $50k |
| Wisconsin | 1,280 | 0.4 | 0.7× | $57k |
| Indiana | 1,200 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $50k |
| Alabama | 1,020 | 0.5 | 0.8× | $55k |
| Kansas | 890 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $43k |
| Colorado | 850 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $51k |
| Arkansas | 842 | 0.6 | 1.0× | $51k~ |
| Louisiana | 840 | 0.4 | 0.7× | $49k |
| Massachusetts | 820 | 0.2 | 0.4× | $59k |
| Maryland | 740 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $49k |
| Iowa | 660 | 0.4 | 0.7× | $48k |
| Utah | 590 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $53k |
| Alaska | 580 | 1.8 | 2.8× | $52k |
| Connecticut | 560 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $59k~ |
| Nevada | 490 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $47k |
| Nebraska | 390 | 0.4 | 0.6× | $63k |
| North Dakota | 380 | 0.9 | 1.4× | $54k |
| Montana | 370 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $59k |
| Delaware | 335 | 0.7 | 1.1× | $53k~ |
| Idaho | 300 | 0.3 | 0.6× | $46k |
| Oklahoma | 300 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $50k |
| Mississippi | 260 | 0.2 | 0.4× | $50k |
| South Dakota | 200 | 0.4 | 0.7× | $64k |
| Maine | 190 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $50k |
| Wyoming | 160 | 0.6 | 0.9× | $50k~ |
| Rhode Island | 140 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $60k |
| West Virginia | 130 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $49k |
| New Mexico | 110 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $49k |
| New Hampshire | 80 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $68k |
| Vermont | 80 | 0.3 | 0.4× | $48k |
| Washington DC | 60 | 0.1 | 0.1× | $76k |
Top metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA10,490 jobs · $59k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,820 jobs · $61k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN5,630 jobs · $60k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,620 jobs · $48k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA2,680 jobs · $59k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,570 jobs · $49k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,140 jobs · $50k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA1,960 jobs · $47k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Freight Brokers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.