Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Springfield, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 2,230.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Springfield earn more.
$43,010 in Springfield buys what $44,800 buys across the country as a whole.
Springfield's regional price parity is 96.1 — 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 Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Springfield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | $46,860 | $47,600 | 98.4 | +6.4% |
| Boston | $45,600 | $42,100 | 108.3 | −5.9% |
| Worcester | $44,080 | $43,000 | 102.5 | −4.0% |
| Springfield This page | $43,010 | $44,800 | 96.1 | — |
| Amherst Town | $41,710 | $41,600 | 100.2 | −7.1% |
| Pittsfield | $39,450 | $41,500 | 95.1 | −7.4% |
Price parity and difference against Springfield 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
- 2,230 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.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.