Material Moving Workers, All Other · SOC 53-7199

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Material Moving Workers, All Others

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for material moving workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 72 metro areas

Material Moving Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$81,700	80	0.0
2	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$65,110	220	0.1
3	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$62,730	70	0.1
4	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$61,730	30	0.2
5	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$61,540	740	0.1
6	Greeley, CO	$59,880	60	0.5
7	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$55,640	170	0.1
8	Rochester, MN	$53,640	40	0.4
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$52,170	120	0.0
10	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$51,440	70	0.4
11	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$50,770	120	0.1
12	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$50,170	410	0.2
13	Reno, NV	$50,170	30	0.1
14	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$50,160	220	0.1
15	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$50,040	50	0.0
16	Merced, CA	$49,670	30	0.4
17	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$48,400	210	0.1
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$48,230	70	0.1
19	Anchorage, AK	$46,560	30	0.2
20	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$46,360	840	1.9
21	Richmond, VA	$46,020	50	0.1
22	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$45,970	40	0.3
23	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$44,510	410	0.4
24	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$44,410	920	0.4
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$44,270	50	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Material Moving Workers, All Other overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.