Pay distribution $30,400 10th $35,060 25th $46,030 75th $54,320 90th
Half of Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in the Dallas metro area earn more than $38,510 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,060 and $46,030.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $30,400 $35,060 $38,510 $46,030 $54,320 Hourly $14.62 $16.86 $18.52 $22.13 $26.12
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Dallas metro areathis metro area
$38,510 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $35,060 to $46,030
$37,540 median for Texas; middle half earns $33,280 to $45,200
$40,240 median for United States; middle half earns $36,090 to $46,920
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +3% vs Texas overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $23,570 $32,093 $40,617 $49,140 Mayaguez, PR — $23,570 Ponce, PR — $24,500 Aguadilla, PR — $24,540 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,560 Arecibo, PR — $25,890 Guayama, PR — $25,990 Carson City, NV — $28,790 Eagle Pass, TX — $30,690 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $31,210 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $31,610 Gadsden, AL — $31,960 Hot Springs, AR — $32,190 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $32,300 Laredo, TX — $32,480 Lafayette, LA — $32,600 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $33,090 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $33,310 Las Cruces, NM — $33,350 Rome, GA — $33,590 Sebring, FL — $33,690 Hattiesburg, MS — $34,260 Wichita Falls, TX — $34,420 Jacksonville, NC — $34,620 Homosassa Springs, FL — $34,680 Goldsboro, NC — $34,730 Valdosta, GA — $34,770 San Angelo, TX — $34,790 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,810 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $34,970 Lubbock, TX — $35,130 Springfield, OH — $35,130 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $35,160 Victoria, TX — $35,180 Monroe, LA — $35,260 Waco, TX — $35,270 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,300 College Station-Bryan, TX — $35,350 Albany, GA — $35,360 Hammond, LA — $35,480 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $35,530 El Paso, TX — $35,550 Yuma, AZ — $35,580 Tallahassee, FL — $35,610 Enid, OK — $35,630 Lake Charles, LA — $35,740 Abilene, TX — $35,810 Mansfield, OH — $35,840 Greenville, NC — $35,910 Johnson City, TN — $35,930 Dothan, AL — $35,960 Manhattan, KS — $36,070 Beckley, WV — $36,080 Lynchburg, VA — $36,080 Pocatello, ID — $36,090 Sumter, SC — $36,090 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,120 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $36,130 Decatur, AL — $36,160 Lawton, OK — $36,170 Dover, DE — $36,180 Alexandria, LA — $36,190 Lexington Park, MD — $36,220 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $36,230 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $36,330 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $36,360 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $36,370 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $36,380 Jefferson City, MO — $36,400 Corpus Christi, TX — $36,410 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $36,430 Baton Rouge, LA — $36,450 Vineland, NJ — $36,450 Tuscaloosa, AL — $36,480 Idaho Falls, ID — $36,490 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $36,540 Rocky Mount, NC — $36,550 Bloomington, IL — $36,610 Jackson, MI — $36,620 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $36,640 Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,670 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $36,680 Jackson, TN — $36,710 Texarkana, TX-AR — $36,710 Florence, SC — $36,720 Elizabethtown, KY — $36,780 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $36,850 Morgantown, WV — $36,900 Columbus, GA-AL — $36,910 Jackson, MS — $36,910 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $36,930 Altoona, PA — $36,970 State College, PA — $36,970 Erie, PA — $36,980 Tulsa, OK — $36,980 Oklahoma City, OK — $37,010 Dalton, GA — $37,040 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $37,040 Lima, OH — $37,050 Amarillo, TX — $37,060 Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,070 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $37,100 Kankakee, IL — $37,110 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $37,140 Wilmington, NC — $37,160 Winston-Salem, NC — $37,160 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $37,190 Charlottesville, VA — $37,210 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $37,210 Albuquerque, NM — $37,230 Mobile, AL — $37,230 Cheyenne, WY — $37,260 Elmira, NY — $37,280 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $37,280 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $37,310 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $37,310 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $37,330 Charleston, WV — $37,340 El Centro, CA — $37,350 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $37,350 Montgomery, AL — $37,370 Flint, MI — $37,390 Knoxville, TN — $37,400 Peoria, IL — $37,420 Terre Haute, IN — $37,420 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,440 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,470 Muncie, IN — $37,490 Birmingham, AL — $37,500 Fayetteville, NC — $37,500 Jonesboro, AR — $37,500 Columbia, SC — $37,530 Spartanburg, SC — $37,540 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,560 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,570 Longview, TX — $37,590 Saginaw, MI — $37,590 Midland, MI — $37,600 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $37,600 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $37,610 Redding, CA — $37,620 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $37,660 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,680 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $37,750 Wichita, KS — $37,750 Corvallis, OR — $37,760 Grants Pass, OR — $37,780 Niles, MI — $37,790 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $37,820 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,830 Johnstown, PA — $37,830 Farmington, NM — $37,850 Fort Wayne, IN — $37,860 Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,870 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $37,880 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $37,920 Medford, OR — $37,980 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,000 Bowling Green, KY — $38,040 Rapid City, SD — $38,050 Iowa City, IA — $38,060 Columbia, MO — $38,070 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,090 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $38,100 Paducah, KY-IL — $38,110 Bloomington, IN — $38,130 Wheeling, WV-OH — $38,150 Springfield, IL — $38,160 Grand Junction, CO — $38,180 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $38,210 Savannah, GA — $38,250 Punta Gorda, FL — $38,300 Harrisonburg, VA — $38,320 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $38,330 Springfield, MO — $38,360 Gettysburg, PA — $38,390 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $38,410 Asheville, NC — $38,440 Cleveland, TN — $38,460 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $38,470 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $38,490 Columbus, IN — $38,510 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,510 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $38,520 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $38,530 Williamsport, PA — $38,570 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,580 Bay City, MI — $38,610 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,630 Cleveland, OH — $38,680 Twin Falls, ID — $38,690 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $38,710 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $38,730 Binghamton, NY — $38,740 Lebanon, PA — $38,750 Traverse City, MI — $38,750 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,790 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $38,830 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $38,850 Canton-Massillon, OH — $38,900 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $38,920 Gainesville, GA — $38,930 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $38,940 Gainesville, FL — $38,980 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,020 Kokomo, IN — $39,040 Lewiston, ID-WA — $39,080 Akron, OH — $39,100 Salinas, CA — $39,110 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $39,160 Glens Falls, NY — $39,170 Fresno, CA — $39,310 Owensboro, KY — $39,380 Joplin, MO-KS — $39,400 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $39,410 Kingston, NY — $39,420 Pittsfield, MA — $39,450 Huntsville, AL — $39,500 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $39,500 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,510 Monroe, MI — $39,520 Morristown, TN — $39,550 Odessa, TX — $39,600 Yakima, WA — $39,710 St. George, UT — $39,750 Casper, WY — $39,760 Sandusky, OH — $39,760 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $39,790 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $39,790 Great Falls, MT — $39,810 Salisbury, MD — $39,910 Visalia, CA — $39,960 Rochester, NY — $40,050 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $40,060 Logan, UT-ID — $40,080 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $40,080 Santa Fe, NM — $40,090 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,240 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $40,240 Richmond, VA — $40,270 Ames, IA — $40,280 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $40,280 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $40,330 Salem, OR — $40,360 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $40,370 Lincoln, NE — $40,450 Longview-Kelso, WA — $40,510 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $40,550 Ithaca, NY — $40,590 Battle Creek, MI — $40,760 Sherman-Denison, TX — $40,770 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $40,820 Ocala, FL — $40,830 Helena, MT — $40,980 Jacksonville, FL — $41,040 Chico, CA — $41,080 Colorado Springs, CO — $41,080 Columbus, OH — $41,200 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $41,400 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $41,540 Flagstaff, AZ — $41,560 Bangor, ME — $41,600 Utica-Rome, NY — $41,650 Kansas City, MO-KS — $41,700 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $41,710 St. Louis, MO-IL — $41,780 Pittsburgh, PA — $41,830 Merced, CA — $41,890 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $41,910 Midland, TX — $41,910 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $41,910 Winchester, VA-WV — $41,910 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $41,920 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $41,970 Yuba City, CA — $42,050 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $42,130 Evansville, IN — $42,170 Ogden, UT — $42,200 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $42,380 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $42,390 Lancaster, PA — $42,440 Omaha, NE-IA — $42,550 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $42,560 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $42,590 Toledo, OH — $42,640 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $42,790 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $42,790 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $42,800 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $42,800 Missoula, MT — $42,900 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $42,900 Tucson, AZ — $42,940 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $42,980 Springfield, MA — $43,010 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,130 Lawrence, KS — $43,190 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $43,250 Bismarck, ND — $43,260 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $43,290 Cedar Rapids, IA — $43,300 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $43,320 York-Hanover, PA — $43,380 Tyler, TX — $43,390 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $43,460 Wausau, WI — $43,460 Ann Arbor, MI — $43,470 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $43,550 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $43,580 Appleton, WI — $43,610 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $43,640 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $43,640 Burlington, NC — $43,750 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $43,780 Reno, NV — $43,990 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,000 Green Bay, WI — $44,010 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $44,050 Duluth, MN-WI — $44,080 Worcester, MA — $44,080 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $44,100 Urban Honolulu, HI — $44,120 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $44,180 Madison, WI — $44,190 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $44,190 Rockford, IL — $44,200 Billings, MT — $44,350 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $44,350 Grand Island, NE — $44,370 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $44,380 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,420 Boise City, ID — $44,480 Mankato, MN — $44,500 Anchorage, AK — $44,510 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $44,510 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $44,510 Minot, ND — $44,560 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $44,590 Syracuse, NY — $44,660 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $44,760 Fairbanks-College, AK — $44,820 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $44,840 Walla Walla, WA — $44,920 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,950 Greeley, CO — $44,980 Eau Claire, WI — $45,320 Portland-South Portland, ME — $45,350 New Haven, CT — $45,420 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $45,430 St. Cloud, MN — $45,480 Bend, OR — $45,520 Bellingham, WA — $45,570 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $45,600 Vallejo, CA — $45,660 Fargo, ND-MN — $45,690 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $45,930 Dubuque, IA — $45,960 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $45,960 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $45,970 Decatur, IL — $46,010 Reading, PA — $46,040 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,060 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $46,100 Fond du Lac, WI — $46,140 Roanoke, VA — $46,180 Napa, CA — $46,230 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $46,290 Rochester, MN — $46,360 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $46,370 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,370 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $46,440 Modesto, CA — $46,630 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $46,640 Boulder, CO — $46,730 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,830 Barnstable Town, MA — $46,860 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $46,890 Kenosha, WI — $46,990 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $47,060 Bozeman, MT — $47,070 Pueblo, CO — $47,100 Warner Robins, GA — $47,130 Albany, OR — $47,150 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $47,310 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,320 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,330 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $47,440 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $47,490 Chambersburg, PA — $47,540 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $47,740 Sheboygan, WI — $48,150 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $48,400 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $48,420 Topeka, KS — $49,140 Dallas metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Dallas metro area has the 211th-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Texas Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Dallas metro areathis page
$38,510 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $35,060 to $46,030
$43,390 median for Tyler metro area; middle half earns $35,130 to $48,290
$41,910 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $36,250 to $46,370
$40,770 median for Sherman metro area; middle half earns $35,190 to $43,470
$39,600 median for Odessa metro area; middle half earns $35,290 to $45,860
$38,530 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $34,250 to $45,630
$38,000 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $33,000 to $46,150
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .