Logistics and labouring
Freight handler
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +0.7% (BLS).
The job
Freight handlers (ISCO 9333). Freight handlers carry out tasks such as packing, carrying, loading and unloading furniture and other household items, or loading and unloading ship and aircraft cargo and other freight, or carrying and stacking goods in various warehouses.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
80 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- airport baggage agent
- airport baggage handler
- airport luggage handler
- baggage agent
- baggage handler
- bulk station dispatcher
- bulk station operator
- chassis estimator
- company mover
- container and chassis estimator
- corporate mover
- dispatcher at distribution centre
- distribution center dispatcher
- distribution center operator
- distribution centre dispatcher
- distribution centre operator
- dock labourer
- dock worker
- fleet service agent
- fleet service clerk
- freight and luggage handler
- furniture mover
- industrial mover
- intermodal equipment handler
- intermodal equipment operator
- intermodal helper
- intermodal rail equipment operator
- intermodal railroad equipment handler
- longshoreman
- luggage handler
- manufactured goods dispatcher
- materials handler
- mover
- operator of rail intermodal equipment
- order clerk
- order lifter
- order picker
- packager
- packager & picker
- packager and picker
- packer
- packer and shipper
- picker & packager
- picker and packager
- product dispatcher
- rail equipment operator
- rail intermodal equipment operator
- railroad equipment operator
- railroad heavy equipment operator
- railway equipment operator
- railway intermodal equipment operator
- ramp agent
- ramp attendant
- ramp service agent
- relocation mover
- removal driver and porter
- removal man
- removal porter
- removal woman
- ship freight handler
- stevedore
- stevedore general superintendent
- stevedore manager
- stevedore superintendant
- stevedore superintendent
- stevedore supervisor
- stevedoring controller
- stevedoring general superintendent
- stevedoring manager
- stevedoring superintendent
- stevedoring supervisor
- storage worker
- transfer table operator
- warehouse operative
- warehouse operator
- warehouse order picker
- warehouse packager
- warehouse packer
- warehouse picker
- warehouse worker
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.