How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Albany, OR?

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $35,570 and the 90th percentile is $56,480. The difference is $20,910, which is 44.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $42,860 to the 75th at $56,480, covers $13,620.

The mean annual wage is $47,080, which sits below the median of $47,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albany, OR median is 17.2% higher than the national median of $40,240 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,180, which is 14.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.4% higher than the Oregon median of $44,750.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albany, OR is 102.100, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $46,180 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Albany, OR ranks 1st of 11 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Salem, OR is 34 miles away, with a median of $40,360 and employment of 2,250. That median is 14.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,939, against $46,180 here.
• Eugene-Springfield, OR is 43 miles away, with a median of $38,920 and employment of 1,550. That median is 17.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,319, against $46,180 here.
• Corvallis, OR is 44 miles away, with a median of $37,760 and employment of 190. That median is 19.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,302, against $46,180 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 3.4% of wage-and-salary employment in Albany, OR (1,590 of 47,260). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.77 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.