How to become an air cargo officer
Official title: Air cargo officer
Also called: Air freight officer, Cargo Officer, Executive (Cargo), Supervisor (Cargo), Air freight officer
Air cargo officer receives and despatches cargo and mail through aircraft while ensuring that they meet safety, security and airworthiness standards. He/she performs stock control and housekeeping operations to ensure that shipments are arranged, received, handled and stored properly according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and handling requirements.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $50,412 a year. The middle half earn $41,100 to $64,344 a year.
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does an air cargo officer earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $50,412 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $41,100 to $64,344.
Will AI change the work of an air cargo officer?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026