How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Auburn-Opelika, AL?

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $22,820 and the 90th percentile is $43,410. The difference is $20,590, which is 62.2% 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 $27,490 to the 75th at $37,210, covers $9,720.

The mean annual wage is $33,000, which sits below the median of $33,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Auburn-Opelika, AL median is 17.8% lower than the national median of $40,240 for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,631, which is 6.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.8% lower than the Alabama median of $36,670.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Auburn-Opelika, AL is 87.933, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $33,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $37,631 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Auburn-Opelika, AL ranks 25th of 26 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).).

• Columbus, GA-AL is 40 miles away, with a median of $36,910 and employment of 2,490. That median is 11.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,334, against $37,631 here.
• Montgomery, AL is 52 miles away, with a median of $37,370 and employment of 3,510. That median is 12.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,669, against $37,631 here.
• Dothan, AL is 86 miles away, with a median of $35,960 and employment of 1,260. That median is 8.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,895, against $37,631 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 1.7% of wage-and-salary employment in Auburn-Opelika, AL (1,250 of 72,710). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.91 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.