Highest-paying Cities for Other Material Moving Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other material moving workers (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 other material moving workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $67,210, Wilmington, New Jersey is the highest paying city for other material moving workers. It is followed by Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky (average annual salary $64,740). 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 other material moving workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Material Moving Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Wilmington, New Jersey	$67,210	$41,450	n/a
2	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$64,740	$43,620	n/a
3	Lincoln, Nebraska	$59,750	$30,350	40
4	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$59,160	$41,600	820
5	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$59,040	$41,600	120
6	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$59,030	$36,000	910
7	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$58,930	$45,520	390
8	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$58,900	$27,660	50
9	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$58,010	$52,070	120
10	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$57,940	$31,390	70
11	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$57,680	$27,970	100
12	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$55,900	$38,980	40
13	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$55,510	$32,380	40
14	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$53,520	$31,830	40
15	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$52,830	$35,990	140
16	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$51,690	$39,040	40
17	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$51,060	$33,650	420
18	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$50,440	$23,570	110
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$50,220	$18,600	2,770
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,920	$37,980	150
21	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$49,920	$36,400	60
22	Toledo, Ohio	$49,700	$43,220	n/a
23	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$49,390	$29,360	250
24	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$49,360	$30,550	90
25	Worcester, Massachusetts	$48,600	$43,010	n/a
26	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$48,460	$35,610	350
27	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$48,350	$22,140	90
28	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$48,020	$26,810	50
29	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$48,000	$37,670	100
30	Gary, Indiana	$47,560	$17,840	30
31	Knoxville, Tennessee	$46,980	$19,530	140
32	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$46,750	$33,940	50
33	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$46,440	$30,620	90
34	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$46,280	$28,140	30
35	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$46,000	$36,020	50
36	Salem, Oregon	$45,850	$30,440	30
37	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$45,620	$35,180	200
38	Honolulu, Hawaii	$45,610	$40,640	120
39	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$45,580	$36,780	40
40	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$45,120	$37,160	60
41	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$44,860	$27,300	30
42	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$44,780	$28,200	50
43	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$44,780	$25,400	170
44	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$44,750	$34,940	40
45	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$44,540	$26,320	40
46	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$44,480	$28,380	90
47	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$44,420	$34,850	n/a
48	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$44,130	$28,410	40
49	Evansville, Kentucky	$43,970	$29,570	n/a
50	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$43,750	$24,760	110
51	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$43,620	$20,700	40
52	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$43,570	$24,360	160
53	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$43,440	$42,990	90
54	Stockton, California	$43,370	$31,160	350
55	Pueblo, Colorado	$43,220	$34,260	40
56	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,980	$39,090	70
57	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$42,820	$18,440	n/a
58	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$42,470	$35,710	40
59	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$42,470	$35,710	40
60	Duluth, Wisconsin	$41,570	$30,320	50
61	Richmond, Virginia	$41,550	$29,200	80
62	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$41,270	$36,290	140
63	Salt Lake City, Utah	$41,090	$37,520	30
64	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$41,050	$26,120	40
65	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$40,920	$36,530	320
66	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$40,890	$27,560	40
67	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$40,600	$30,710	1,620
68	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$40,200	$27,430	40
69	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$39,780	$28,600	130
70	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$39,760	$30,350	130
71	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$39,740	$32,800	90
72	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$39,440	$32,360	50
73	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$39,190	$25,720	70
74	Jacksonville, Florida	$39,100	$28,850	110
75	Albany, Oregon	$38,980	$36,590	40
76	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,840	$29,730	250
77	Columbus, Ohio	$38,820	$27,060	50
78	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$38,720	$26,970	30
79	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$38,690	$28,500	60
80	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,580	$32,600	60
81	Lafayette, Louisiana	$38,410	$27,510	60
82	Rochester, Minnesota	$38,410	$32,780	30
83	Memphis, Tennessee	$38,270	$19,910	290
84	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$38,200	$37,490	30
85	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,110	$31,910	30
86	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$38,070	$35,780	990
87	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$38,050	$28,750	150
88	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$37,960	$28,640	130
89	Greeley, Colorado	$37,660	$33,740	n/a
90	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$37,490	$37,490	n/a
91	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$37,230	$31,900	70
92	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$37,060	$31,680	70
93	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$36,950	$33,080	n/a
94	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$36,880	$24,080	590
95	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$36,660	$26,170	n/a
96	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$36,570	$31,140	290
97	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$36,450	$23,660	60
98	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$36,360	$28,830	80
99	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$36,340	$22,240	70
100	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$36,150	$29,720	70

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other material moving workers.