Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Traverse City, MI metropolitan area. Estimated employment 630.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Traverse City earn more.
$38,750 in Traverse City buys what $41,500 buys across the country as a whole.
Traverse City's regional price parity is 93.4 — 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 Michigan
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Traverse City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo | $44,350 | $46,800 | 94.8 | +12.7% |
| Ann Arbor | $43,470 | $43,100 | 100.9 | +3.8% |
| Battle Creek | $40,760 | $45,000 | 90.5 | +8.5% |
| Detroit | $40,330 | $40,200 | 100.3 | −3.1% |
| Lansing | $40,060 | $42,200 | 95.0 | +1.6% |
| Monroe | $39,520 | $42,300 | 93.5 | +1.9% |
| Traverse City This page | $38,750 | $41,500 | 93.4 | — |
| Bay City | $38,610 | $42,000 | 91.9 | +1.2% |
Price parity and difference against Traverse City 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
- 630 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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