Highest-paying Cities for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers

The top 100 highest paying cities for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of laborers and freight, stock, and material movers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $49,180, Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia is the highest paying city for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers. It is followed by Stockton, California (average annual salary $46,570). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of laborers and freight, stock, and material movers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$49,180	$30,530	1,750
2	Stockton, California	$46,570	$32,600	12,740
3	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$45,410	$30,730	1,140
4	Albany, Oregon	$44,820	$31,610	2,180
5	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$44,540	$30,870	9,110
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$44,380	$36,850	34,060
7	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$43,270	$30,170	2,290
8	Topeka, Kansas	$43,080	$29,000	1,980
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$42,940	$36,710	13,390
10	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$42,580	$31,880	35,780
11	Pueblo, Colorado	$42,220	$30,300	1,320
12	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$41,570	$31,870	860
13	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$41,300	$30,340	3,250
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$40,800	$34,360	29,950
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$40,550	$32,060	80,340
16	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$40,370	$30,570	28,190
17	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$40,350	$33,410	670
18	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$40,220	$32,590	18,970
19	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$40,120	$29,200	2,010
20	Boulder, Colorado	$40,020	$32,450	980
21	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,980	$32,700	28,480
22	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$39,960	$32,180	490
23	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$39,770	$31,560	3,940
24	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$39,660	$32,390	960
25	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$39,540	$29,410	1,510
26	Danville, Illinois	$39,510	$26,290	920
27	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$39,420	$30,310	3,510
28	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,320	$30,420	2,750
29	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$39,260	$28,950	6,280
30	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$39,190	$32,640	2,910
31	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$39,170	$27,680	1,490
32	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,080	$29,760	3,050
33	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$39,050	$31,280	16,960
34	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$39,010	$28,900	2,610
35	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$38,940	$29,150	3,150
36	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$38,900	$28,820	18,370
37	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$38,820	$27,280	2,660
38	Napa, California	$38,710	$34,400	1,050
39	Fairbanks, Alaska	$38,670	$32,940	340
40	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$38,530	$29,170	3,940
41	Olympia, Washington	$38,450	$31,200	2,000
42	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$38,430	$29,120	11,020
43	Dubuque, Iowa	$38,310	$29,010	1,060
44	Duluth, Wisconsin	$38,220	$27,710	1,550
45	Lafayette, Indiana	$38,170	$18,000	990
46	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$38,150	$26,840	4,640
47	Tucson, Arizona	$38,100	$28,330	7,300
48	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$38,060	$30,330	16,080
49	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$38,040	$30,310	12,770
50	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$38,040	$27,320	1,690
51	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$38,030	$29,540	48,320
52	Springfield, Massachusetts	$38,020	$30,750	4,770
53	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$38,020	$23,690	1,180
54	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$38,010	$28,400	6,550
55	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$37,990	$31,680	1,380
56	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,950	$27,930	2,870
57	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,950	$30,020	3,250
58	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$37,940	$29,310	880
59	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,910	$29,780	30,970
60	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$37,910	$28,120	2,060
61	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$37,890	$32,340	17,750
62	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$37,880	$27,180	900
63	Fargo, North Dakota	$37,880	$24,270	3,580
64	Wausau, Wisconsin	$37,850	$29,570	1,900
65	Tyler, Texas	$37,790	$25,850	2,800
66	Manchester, New Hampshire	$37,690	$29,730	870
67	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$37,660	$29,580	4,980
68	Rochester, Minnesota	$37,650	$29,370	1,330
69	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$37,590	$31,870	2,010
70	Modesto, California	$37,580	$31,470	4,500
71	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$37,570	$24,370	2,340
72	Madison, Wisconsin	$37,570	$28,540	5,690
73	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$37,540	$27,690	5,980
74	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$37,530	$31,200	1,080
75	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$37,500	$29,320	7,380
76	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$37,500	$31,240	3,250
77	Elmira, New York	$37,480	$28,650	590
78	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$37,440	$28,950	54,170
79	Spokane, Washington	$37,430	$30,660	4,600
80	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,400	$27,900	3,090
81	Anchorage, Alaska	$37,380	$30,890	2,390
82	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,310	$31,540	6,380
83	Greeley, Colorado	$37,300	$29,820	920
84	Casper, Wyoming	$37,300	$26,520	610
85	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$37,290	$28,150	750
86	Warner Robins, Georgia	$37,280	$25,910	1,720
87	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$37,260	$26,030	810
88	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$37,260	$28,010	29,580
89	Reading, Pennsylvania	$37,250	$29,900	4,390
90	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$37,170	$28,850	6,030
91	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,170	$25,670	1,900
92	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,150	$27,320	4,810
93	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$37,150	$27,800	1,810
94	Appleton, Wisconsin	$37,150	$28,250	2,790
95	Ithaca, New York	$37,150	$30,000	320
96	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$37,130	$23,300	500
97	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$37,120	$28,550	850
98	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$37,110	$28,800	1,630
99	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$37,090	$31,070	2,060
100	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$37,090	$29,710	21,410

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