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Commodity broker

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Key facts

−0.1%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United States

Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −0.1% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.

The job

Trade brokers (ISCO 3324). Trade brokers buy and sell commodities and shipping services, usually in bulk, on behalf of their own company or for customers on a commission basis.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

425 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

  • abattoir waste broker
  • agricultural waste broker
  • animal waste broker
  • assistant wholesale merchant
  • assistant wholesale merchant in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • assistant wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • assistant wholesale merchant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • assistant wholesale merchant in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • assistant wholesale merchant in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • assistant wholesale merchant in beverages
  • assistant wholesale merchant in chemical products
  • assistant wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
  • assistant wholesale merchant in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • assistant wholesale merchant in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • assistant wholesale merchant in dairy products and edible oils
  • assistant wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances
  • assistant wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • assistant wholesale merchant in flowers and plants
  • assistant wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
  • assistant wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • assistant wholesale merchant in hides, skins and leather products
  • assistant wholesale merchant in household goods
  • assistant wholesale merchant in live animals
  • assistant wholesale merchant in machine tools
  • assistant wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • assistant wholesale merchant in meat and meat products
  • assistant wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores
  • assistant wholesale merchant in perfume and cosmetics
  • assistant wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
  • assistant wholesale merchant in textile industry machinery
  • assistant wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • assistant wholesale merchant in tobacco products
  • assistant wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
  • assistant wholesale merchant in watches and jewellery
  • assistant wholesale merchant in wood and construction materials
  • B2B sales consultant
  • B2B sales consultant in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • B2B sales consultant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • B2B sales consultant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • B2B sales consultant in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • B2B sales consultant in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • B2B sales consultant in beverages
  • B2B sales consultant in chemical products
  • B2B sales consultant in clothing and footwear
  • B2B sales consultant in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • B2B sales consultant in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • B2B sales consultant in dairy products and edible oils
  • B2B sales consultant in electrical household appliances
  • B2B sales consultant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • B2B sales consultant in flowers and plants
  • B2B sales consultant in fruit and vegetables
  • B2B sales consultant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • B2B sales consultant in hides, skins and leather products
  • B2B sales consultant in household goods
  • B2B sales consultant in live animals
  • B2B sales consultant in machine tools
  • B2B sales consultant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • B2B sales consultant in meat and meat products
  • B2B sales consultant in metals and metal ores
  • B2B sales consultant in perfume and cosmetics
  • B2B sales consultant in pharmaceutical goods
  • B2B sales consultant in textile industry machinery
  • B2B sales consultant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • B2B sales consultant in tobacco products
  • B2B sales consultant in waste and scrap
  • B2B sales consultant in watches and jewellery
  • B2B sales consultant in wood and construction materials
  • business to business sales consultant
  • business to business sales consultant in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • business to business sales consultant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • business to business sales consultant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • business to business sales consultant in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • business to business sales consultant in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • business to business sales consultant in beverages
  • business to business sales consultant in chemical products
  • business to business sales consultant in clothing and footwear
  • business to business sales consultant in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • business to business sales consultant in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • business to business sales consultant in dairy products and edible oils
  • business to business sales consultant in electrical household appliances
  • business to business sales consultant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • business to business sales consultant in flowers and plants
  • business to business sales consultant in fruit and vegetables
  • business to business sales consultant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • business to business sales consultant in hides, skins and leather products
  • business to business sales consultant in household goods
  • business to business sales consultant in live animals
  • business to business sales consultant in machine tools
  • business to business sales consultant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • business to business sales consultant in meat and meat products
  • business to business sales consultant in metals and metal ores
  • business to business sales consultant in perfume and cosmetics
  • business to business sales consultant in pharmaceutical goods
  • business to business sales consultant in textile industry machinery
  • business to business sales consultant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • business to business sales consultant in tobacco products
  • business to business sales consultant in waste and scrap
  • business to business sales consultant in watches and jewellery
  • business to business sales consultant in wood and construction materials
  • business to business seller
  • business to business seller in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • business to business seller in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • business to business seller in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • business to business seller in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • business to business seller in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • business to business seller in beverages
  • business to business seller in chemical products
  • business to business seller in clothing and footwear
  • business to business seller in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • business to business seller in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • business to business seller in dairy products and edible oils
  • business to business seller in electrical household appliances
  • business to business seller in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • business to business seller in flowers and plants
  • business to business seller in fruit and vegetables
  • business to business seller in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • business to business seller in hides, skins and leather products
  • business to business seller in household goods
  • business to business seller in live animals
  • business to business seller in machine tools
  • business to business seller in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • business to business seller in meat and meat products
  • business to business seller in metals and metal ores
  • business to business seller in perfume and cosmetics
  • business to business seller in pharmaceutical goods
  • business to business seller in textile industry machinery
  • business to business seller in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • business to business seller in tobacco products
  • business to business seller in waste and scrap
  • business to business seller in watches and jewellery
  • business to business seller in wood and construction materials
  • commodities broker
  • commodities brokers
  • commodities dealers
  • commodities trader
  • commodities traders
  • commodities trading manager
  • commodities trading managers
  • commodity broker
  • commodity dealer
  • commodity dealers
  • commodity exchange floor trader
  • commodity exchange floor traders
  • commodity handler
  • commodity handlers
  • commodity trader
  • commodity traders
  • freight forwarder
  • graduate wholesale merchant
  • graduate wholesale merchant in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • graduate wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • graduate wholesale merchant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • graduate wholesale merchant in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • graduate wholesale merchant in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • graduate wholesale merchant in beverages
  • graduate wholesale merchant in chemical products
  • graduate wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
  • graduate wholesale merchant in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • graduate wholesale merchant in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • graduate wholesale merchant in dairy products and edible oils
  • graduate wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances
  • graduate wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • graduate wholesale merchant in flowers and plants
  • graduate wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
  • graduate wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • graduate wholesale merchant in hides, skins and leather products
  • graduate wholesale merchant in household goods
  • graduate wholesale merchant in live animals
  • graduate wholesale merchant in machine tools
  • graduate wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • graduate wholesale merchant in meat and meat products
  • graduate wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores
  • graduate wholesale merchant in perfume and cosmetics
  • graduate wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
  • graduate wholesale merchant in textile industry machinery
  • graduate wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • graduate wholesale merchant in tobacco products
  • graduate wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
  • graduate wholesale merchant in watches and jewellery
  • graduate wholesale merchant in wood and construction materials
  • lower tier waste broker
  • mine waste broker
  • mining waste broker
  • non-vessel operating common carrier
  • NVOCC
  • quarry waste broker
  • recycling waste broker
  • senior wholesale merchant
  • senior wholesale merchant in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • senior wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • senior wholesale merchant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • senior wholesale merchant in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • senior wholesale merchant in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • senior wholesale merchant in beverages
  • senior wholesale merchant in chemical products
  • senior wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
  • senior wholesale merchant in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • senior wholesale merchant in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • senior wholesale merchant in dairy products and edible oils
  • senior wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances
  • senior wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • senior wholesale merchant in flowers and plants
  • senior wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
  • senior wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • senior wholesale merchant in hides, skins and leather products
  • senior wholesale merchant in household goods
  • senior wholesale merchant in live animals
  • senior wholesale merchant in machine tools
  • senior wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • senior wholesale merchant in meat and meat products
  • senior wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores
  • senior wholesale merchant in perfume and cosmetics
  • senior wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
  • senior wholesale merchant in textile industry machinery
  • senior wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • senior wholesale merchant in tobacco products
  • senior wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
  • senior wholesale merchant in watches and jewellery
  • senior wholesale merchant in wood and construction materials
  • shipbroker
  • shipment consolidator
  • shipping broker
  • trader (wholesale)
  • trader, wholesale in meat and meat products
  • trainee wholesale merchant
  • trainee wholesale merchant in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • trainee wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • trainee wholesale merchant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • trainee wholesale merchant in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • trainee wholesale merchant in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • trainee wholesale merchant in beverages
  • trainee wholesale merchant in chemical products
  • trainee wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
  • trainee wholesale merchant in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • trainee wholesale merchant in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • trainee wholesale merchant in dairy products and edible oils
  • trainee wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances
  • trainee wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • trainee wholesale merchant in flowers and plants
  • trainee wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
  • trainee wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • trainee wholesale merchant in hides, skins and leather products
  • trainee wholesale merchant in household goods
  • trainee wholesale merchant in live animals
  • trainee wholesale merchant in machine tools
  • trainee wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • trainee wholesale merchant in meat and meat products
  • trainee wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores
  • trainee wholesale merchant in perfume and cosmetics
  • trainee wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
  • trainee wholesale merchant in textile industry machinery
  • trainee wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • trainee wholesale merchant in tobacco products
  • trainee wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
  • trainee wholesale merchant in watches and jewellery
  • trainee wholesale merchant in wood and construction materials
  • upper tier waste broker
  • waste broker
  • waste management broker
  • waste management intermediary
  • waste recycling broker
  • wholesale buyer
  • wholesale buyer in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • wholesale buyer in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • wholesale buyer in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • wholesale buyer in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • wholesale buyer in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • wholesale buyer in beverages
  • wholesale buyer in chemical products
  • wholesale buyer in clothing and footwear
  • wholesale buyer in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • wholesale buyer in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • wholesale buyer in dairy products and edible oils
  • wholesale buyer in electrical household appliances
  • wholesale buyer in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • wholesale buyer in flowers and plants
  • wholesale buyer in fruit and vegetables
  • wholesale buyer in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • wholesale buyer in hides, skins and leather products
  • wholesale buyer in household goods
  • wholesale buyer in live animals
  • wholesale buyer in machine tools
  • wholesale buyer in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • wholesale buyer in meat and meat products
  • wholesale buyer in metals and metal ores
  • wholesale buyer in perfume and cosmetics
  • wholesale buyer in pharmaceutical goods
  • wholesale buyer in textile industry machinery
  • wholesale buyer in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • wholesale buyer in tobacco products
  • wholesale buyer in waste and scrap
  • wholesale buyer in watches and jewellery
  • wholesale buyer in wood and construction materials
  • wholesale merchandiser
  • wholesale merchandiser in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • wholesale merchandiser in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • wholesale merchandiser in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • wholesale merchandiser in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • wholesale merchandiser in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • wholesale merchandiser in beverages
  • wholesale merchandiser in chemical products
  • wholesale merchandiser in clothing and footwear
  • wholesale merchandiser in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • wholesale merchandiser in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • wholesale merchandiser in dairy products and edible oils
  • wholesale merchandiser in electrical household appliances
  • wholesale merchandiser in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • wholesale merchandiser in flowers and plants
  • wholesale merchandiser in fruit and vegetables
  • wholesale merchandiser in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • wholesale merchandiser in hides, skins and leather products
  • wholesale merchandiser in household goods
  • wholesale merchandiser in live animals
  • wholesale merchandiser in machine tools
  • wholesale merchandiser in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • wholesale merchandiser in meat and meat products
  • wholesale merchandiser in metals and metal ores
  • wholesale merchandiser in perfume and cosmetics
  • wholesale merchandiser in pharmaceutical goods
  • wholesale merchandiser in textile industry machinery
  • wholesale merchandiser in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • wholesale merchandiser in tobacco products
  • wholesale merchandiser in waste and scrap
  • wholesale merchandiser in watches and jewellery
  • wholesale merchandiser in wood and construction materials
  • wholesale merchant
  • wholesale merchant in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • wholesale merchant in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • wholesale merchant in beverages
  • wholesale merchant in chemical products
  • wholesale merchant in china and other glassware
  • wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
  • wholesale merchant in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • wholesale merchant in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • wholesale merchant in dairy products and edible oils
  • wholesale merchant in electrical household appliances
  • wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • wholesale merchant in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • wholesale merchant in flowers and plants
  • wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
  • wholesale merchant in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • wholesale merchant in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • wholesale merchant in hides, skins and leather products
  • wholesale merchant in household goods
  • wholesale merchant in live animals
  • wholesale merchant in machine tools
  • wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • wholesale merchant in meat and meat products
  • wholesale merchant in metals and metal ores
  • wholesale merchant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • wholesale merchant in office furniture
  • wholesale merchant in office machinery and equipment
  • wholesale merchant in perfume and cosmetics
  • wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
  • wholesale merchant in sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery
  • wholesale merchant in textile industry machinery
  • wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • wholesale merchant in tobacco products
  • wholesale merchant in waste and scrap
  • wholesale merchant in watches and jewellery
  • wholesale merchant in wood and construction materials
  • wholesale trader
  • wholesale trader in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • wholesale trader in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • wholesale trader in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • wholesale trader in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • wholesale trader in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • wholesale trader in beverages
  • wholesale trader in chemical products
  • wholesale trader in clothing and footwear
  • wholesale trader in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • wholesale trader in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • wholesale trader in dairy products and edible oils
  • wholesale trader in electrical household appliances
  • wholesale trader in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • wholesale trader in flowers and plants
  • wholesale trader in fruit and vegetables
  • wholesale trader in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • wholesale trader in hides, skins and leather products
  • wholesale trader in household goods
  • wholesale trader in live animals
  • wholesale trader in machine tools
  • wholesale trader in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • wholesale trader in meat and meat products
  • wholesale trader in metals and metal ores
  • wholesale trader in perfume and cosmetics
  • wholesale trader in pharmaceutical goods
  • wholesale trader in textile industry machinery
  • wholesale trader in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • wholesale trader in tobacco products
  • wholesale trader in waste and scrap
  • wholesale trader in watches and jewellery
  • wholesale trader in wood and construction materials
  • wholesaler
  • wholesaler in fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • wholesaler in furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
  • wholesaler in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
  • wholesaler in agricultural machinery and equipment
  • wholesaler in agricultural raw materials, seeds and animal feeds
  • wholesaler in beverages
  • wholesaler in chemical products
  • wholesaler in clothing and footwear
  • wholesaler in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
  • wholesaler in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
  • wholesaler in dairy products and edible oils
  • wholesaler in electrical household appliances
  • wholesaler in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
  • wholesaler in flowers and plants
  • wholesaler in fruit and vegetables
  • wholesaler in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
  • wholesaler in hides, skins and leather products
  • wholesaler in household goods
  • wholesaler in live animals
  • wholesaler in machine tools
  • wholesaler in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
  • wholesaler in meat and meat products
  • wholesaler in metals and metal ores
  • wholesaler in perfume and cosmetics
  • wholesaler in pharmaceutical goods
  • wholesaler in textile industry machinery
  • wholesaler in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
  • wholesaler in tobacco products
  • wholesaler in waste and scrap
  • wholesaler in watches and jewellery
  • wholesaler in wood and construction materials

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Gauges

Risk 5/5 · Very high
AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (medium)
Employment outlookDeclineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products; Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products; Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $81,242
EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry

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Sources

Checked on 27 October 2026.