Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist salary: $148K median
The median advertised Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist salary is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $80K to $173K: counted from 20 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $71 an hour or $12,292 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $228K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll customs and trade compliance specialist jobs
$148Kmedian advertised salary
$80K – $173Kmiddle half of roles
$138Kaverage advertised salary
20roles counted
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Flexport | $64K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist roles
All customs and trade compliance specialist jobs- Counsel, Global Trade ComplianceSpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$200K - $255KLaw degreeBar admissionAnti-bribery
- Counsel, Global Trade ComplianceSpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$200K - $255KLaw degreeBar admissionAnti-bribery
- Director of Global Trade ComplianceVoyager Technologies, Inc. · Remote$200K - $230KRemoteLead and above
- Director, Global Trade ComplianceBETA Technologies · 🇺🇸South Burlington, Vermont, United States$115K - $225KLead and above
- Director, Global Trade ComplianceAssurant Services Argentina · 🇺🇸United States Virtual$122K - $204KLead and abovePowerPointMicrosoft WordAudit
- Staff Manager, Global Trade ComplianceOura · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, California$170K - $200KHybridLead and aboveSecurity clearanceAuditHazmat
- Export Compliance Manager42dot · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, United States$150K - $196K
- Technical Program Manager, Trade CompliancePlanet · 🇺🇸Washington, DC; Denver, CO$127K - $170KLLMCI/CDAgile
- Customs Compliance ManagerCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$130K - $165KSAPNetSuite
- Trade Compliance ManagerCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States Washington, Distri…$130K - $165KSAPNetSuite
- U.S. Export Control LeadKraken Kinetics · 🇺🇸Pinehurst, NC$130K - $160KLead and above
- Trade Compliance LeaderPatagonia Action Works · Ventura Headquarters$150K - $160KReconciliationsCard paymentsSoldering
- Senior Analyst, International Trade CompliancePlanet · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$101K - $127KSeniorLLM
- Specialist, CustomsScout Motors · 🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, United States$90K - $112KSAP
- Specialist, Logistics and Customs ComplianceKiniksa Pharmaceuticals · 🇺🇸Lexington, MA$70K - $90KSAPObjective-C
- Customs AssociateFlexport · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington, United States$69K - $86KCustoms compliance
- Trade Operations AssociateFocus Financial Partners · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$75K - $85KCFAVBAReconciliations
- Trade Operations Analyst3Degrees · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$71K - $82KSQLExcelJira
- Customs SpecialistFlexport · 🇺🇸New York City, New York, United States$57K - $70KCustoms compliance
Questions about Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist pay
- What is the average Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist salary?
- $138K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 20 open Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $80K to $173K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist pay?
- Flexport ($64K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a customs and trade compliance specialist a high-paying job?
- The median Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist posting advertises $148K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a customs and trade compliance specialist?
- A tenth of the postings offer $228K a year or more; the highest open Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist role advertises up to $255K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $148K a year is about $71 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $38 to $83 an hour.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Customs and Trade Compliance Specialist roles at companies is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $80K to $173K. Counted from 20 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/customs-trade/
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