Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 24,030.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Boston earn more.
$45,600 in Boston buys what $42,100 buys across the country as a whole.
Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Boston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | $46,860 | $47,600 | 98.4 | +13.1% |
| Boston This page | $45,600 | $42,100 | 108.3 | — |
| Worcester | $44,080 | $43,000 | 102.5 | +2.1% |
| Springfield | $43,010 | $44,800 | 96.1 | +6.3% |
| Amherst Town | $41,710 | $41,600 | 100.2 | −1.2% |
| Pittsfield | $39,450 | $41,500 | 95.1 | −1.5% |
Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 24,030 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Mapped to our taxonomy as laborers-and-freight-stock-and-material-movers-hand.
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