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Transportation Inspectors vs Cargo and Freight Agents

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Transportation Inspectors and Cargo and Freight Agents on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Transportation Inspectors Cargo and Freight Agents
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$85,750
$49,900
Employment · BLS OEWS
23,320
97,800
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
43rd pct
71st pct

At a glance

Dimension Transportation Inspectors Cargo and Freight Agents
Median pay $85,750 $49,900
Employment 23,320 97,800
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+1.7%) Growing fast (+8.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,500 8,800
Typical education · O*NET Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 43rd pct High · 71st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 44th pct · 24% of tasks 89th pct · 50% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Transportation, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, English Language, Deductive Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Inductive Reasoning, Near Vision, Customer and Personal Service, Active Listening, Monitoring, Time Management, Information Ordering, Speech Recognition, Category Flexibility, Flexibility of Closure, Speech Clarity, Public Safety and Security, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Perceptual Speed, Selective Attention, Administration and Management, Law and Government.

Specific to Transportation Inspectors

  • Far Vision
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Mathematics
  • Visualization
  • Mechanical
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis
  • Fluency of Ideas

Specific to Cargo and Freight Agents

  • Geography
  • Education and Training
  • Telecommunications
  • Administrative
  • Negotiation
  • Service Orientation
  • Communications and Media
  • Production and Processing

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Word processing software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Transportation Inspectors

Specific to Cargo and Freight Agents

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Transportation Inspectors or Cargo and Freight Agents — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Transportation Inspectors vs Cargo and Freight Agents." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/transportation-inspectors-vs-cargo-and-freight-agents

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Singulariki. (2026). Transportation Inspectors vs Cargo and Freight Agents. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/transportation-inspectors-vs-cargo-and-freight-agents

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Transportation Inspectors vs Cargo and Freight Agents},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
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  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/transportation-inspectors-vs-cargo-and-freight-agents}
}

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