Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand · SOC 53-7062
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Salary in the Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in the Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $37,230 per year ($17.90 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,640 at the 10th percentile to $50,660 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,880 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in the Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $37,230 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $31,590 and $40,860.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $29,640 | $31,590 | $37,230 | $40,860 | $50,660 |
| Hourly | $14.25 | $15.19 | $17.90 | $19.64 | $24.36 |
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
- Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,230 median for Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $31,590 to $40,860
- Virginiastate$39,380 median for Virginia; middle half earns $35,870 to $47,210
- United Statesnational$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 −5% vs Virginia overall and −7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Virginia
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.
- Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$37,230 median for Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $31,590 to $40,860
- $47,310 median for Staunton metro area; middle half earns $38,980 to $50,760
- $46,440 median for Blacksburg metro area; middle half earns $36,260 to $60,300
- $46,180 median for Roanoke metro area; middle half earns $36,060 to $46,510
- $41,910 median for Winchester metro area; middle half earns $36,720 to $47,280
- $40,270 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $36,850 to $48,110
- $39,160 median for Virginia Beach metro area; middle half earns $35,820 to $47,250
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hands · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
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.
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.