Cargo and Freight Agents Salary in Peoria, IL

Cargo and Freight Agents pay range in Peoria

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $47,180 a year or less, while the top 10% make $84,230 or more. The middle half of cargo and freight agents in Peoria earn between $50,200 and $72,880.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Cargo and Freight Agents salary after taxes in Peoria

On the average salary of $61,880, a single filer in Peoria takes home about $48,979 a year, or $4,082 a month and $1,884 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Peoria a good place for cargo and freight agents? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Peoria area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.2), so the average $61,880 buys what about $67,828 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Peoria ($49,590). A typical home costs $172,742, or 2.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Cargo and Freight Agents salary in other Illinois cities

Peoria ranks 1st of 2 Illinois metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for cargo and freight agents

Hartford, CT pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($71,770).

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• Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$61,820 a year
• Postal Service Clerks$61,770 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,740 a year
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,370 a year
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$54,130 a year
• Public Safety Telecommunicators$49,120 a year
• Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,330 a year
• Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$43,010 a year

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