Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Cleveland, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 17,090.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Cleveland earn more.
$38,680 in Cleveland buys what $41,200 buys across the country as a whole.
Cleveland's regional price parity is 93.9 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Ohio
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Cleveland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toledo | $42,640 | $46,600 | 91.5 | +13.2% |
| Youngstown | $41,540 | $47,500 | 87.4 | +15.4% |
| Columbus | $41,200 | $43,200 | 95.5 | +4.8% |
| Dayton | $40,280 | $43,500 | 92.7 | +5.5% |
| Cincinnati | $40,240 | $42,200 | 95.4 | +2.5% |
| Sandusky | $39,760 | $44,500 | 89.3 | +8.1% |
| Akron | $39,100 | $41,900 | 93.4 | +1.7% |
| Canton | $38,900 | $43,500 | 89.4 | +5.6% |
Price parity and difference against Cleveland 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
- 17,090 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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