Office & Admin
Shipping & Freight Coordinators
SOC 43-5071
Coordinate international and domestic freight shipments end-to-end.
The job
Median pay
$45k
$38k to $52k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-7.6% projected
Openings a year
61k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
23rd pct
More exposed than 23% of occupations · modeled estimate · 65th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
34/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- 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.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 88,760 | 4.9 | 0.9× | $47k |
| Texas | 87,280 | 6.2 | 1.2× | $42k |
| Florida | 44,040 | 4.4 | 0.8× | $41k |
| Ohio | 35,880 | 6.5 | 1.2× | $45k |
| Illinois | 33,030 | 5.4 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Pennsylvania | 30,940 | 5.1 | 1.0× | $46k |
| New York | 30,750 | 3.2 | 0.6× | $47k |
| New Jersey | 29,440 | 6.9 | 1.3× | $45k |
| Georgia | 28,150 | 5.8 | 1.1× | $44k |
| Indiana | 27,600 | 8.6 | 1.6× | $47k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 24,980 | 5.7 | 1.1× | $45k |
| Wisconsin | 20,980 | 7.1 | 1.4× | $47k |
| Virginia | 20,380 | 5.0 | 0.9× | $44k |
| Arizona | 20,280 | 6.3 | 1.2× | $45k |
| North Carolina | 20,150 | 4.1 | 0.8× | $43k |
| Washington | 19,500 | 5.5 | 1.1× | $52k |
| Tennessee | 16,680 | 5.1 | 1.0× | $45k |
| Kentucky | 16,130 | 8.1 | 1.5× | $43k |
| Utah | 15,750 | 9.1 | 1.7× | $39k |
| Colorado | 15,610 | 5.4 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Massachusetts | 14,370 | 4.0 | 0.8× | $49k |
| South Carolina | 14,160 | 6.1 | 1.2× | $43k |
| Maryland | 13,980 | 5.1 | 1.0× | $47k |
| Minnesota | 13,210 | 4.5 | 0.8× | $48k |
| Nevada | 12,390 | 8.0 | 1.5× | $43k |
| Missouri | 11,650 | 4.0 | 0.8× | $43k |
| Mississippi | 11,330 | 9.7 | 1.9× | $39k |
| Oregon | 11,210 | 5.7 | 1.1× | $48k |
| Alabama | 7,720 | 3.7 | 0.7× | $39k |
| Arkansas | 7,650 | 5.9 | 1.1× | $41k |
| Louisiana | 7,650 | 4.0 | 0.8× | $40k |
| Iowa | 7,170 | 4.6 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Kansas | 6,530 | 4.5 | 0.9× | $44k |
| Oklahoma | 6,530 | 3.8 | 0.7× | $41k |
| Connecticut | 6,480 | 3.8 | 0.7× | $46k |
| Nebraska | 5,670 | 5.5 | 1.1× | $44k |
| Idaho | 4,900 | 5.7 | 1.1× | $41k |
| New Hampshire | 4,090 | 6.0 | 1.1× | $48k |
| New Mexico | 3,420 | 3.9 | 0.8× | $39k |
| South Dakota | 2,740 | 6.0 | 1.1× | $44k |
| West Virginia | 2,660 | 3.8 | 0.7× | $40k |
| Delaware | 2,630 | 5.4 | 1.0× | $44k |
| Maine | 2,470 | 3.9 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Rhode Island | 2,420 | 4.8 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Montana | 1,560 | 3.0 | 0.6× | $44k |
| North Dakota | 1,520 | 3.5 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Hawaii | 1,390 | 2.2 | 0.4× | $50k |
| Alaska | 890 | 2.7 | 0.5× | $48k |
| Vermont | 780 | 2.6 | 0.5× | $49k |
| Wyoming | 730 | 2.6 | 0.5× | $43k |
| Washington DC | 680 | 1.0 | 0.2× | $50k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ38,970 jobs · $47k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA33,250 jobs · $46k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX29,670 jobs · $44k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN26,030 jobs · $48k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX22,670 jobs · $42k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA16,280 jobs · $45k median
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ15,790 jobs · $46k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA15,120 jobs · $45k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Shipping & Freight Coordinators 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.