Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
New Haven, CT metropolitan area. Estimated employment 3,810.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in New Haven earn more.
$45,420 in New Haven buys what $43,400 buys across the country as a whole.
New Haven's regional price parity is 104.6 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Connecticut
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. New Haven |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven This page | $45,420 | $43,400 | 104.6 | — |
| Hartford | $44,000 | $42,800 | 102.7 | −1.4% |
| Bridgeport | $43,550 | $40,800 | 106.9 | −6.2% |
| Norwich | $41,910 | $41,700 | 100.4 | −3.9% |
| Waterbury | $39,500 | $39,600 | 99.8 | −8.9% |
Price parity and difference against New Haven 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
- 3,810 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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