SOC 53-7062 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Barnstable Town, MA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Barnstable Town, MA is $46,860. The 10th percentile is $36,760 and the 90th percentile is $60,300. Employment is 890.

Median annual wage

$46,860

10th percentile
$36,760
25th percentile
$43,780
Median
$46,860
75th percentile
$51,440
90th percentile
$60,300
Mean
$47,860

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $36,760 and the 90th percentile is $60,300. The difference is $23,540, which is 50.2% 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 $43,780 to the 75th at $51,440, covers $7,660.

The mean annual wage is $47,860, which sits above the median of $46,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Barnstable Town, MA median is 16.5% 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 $47,646, which is 18.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.3% higher than the Massachusetts median of $44,920.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Barnstable Town, MA is 98.351, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $47,646 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Barnstable Town, MA ranks 1st of 16 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).).

  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 58 miles away, with a median of $40,370 and employment of 10,900. That median is 13.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,667, against $47,646 here.
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 71 miles away, with a median of $45,600 and employment of 24,030. That median is 2.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,118, against $47,646 here.
  • Worcester, MA is 100 miles away, with a median of $44,080 and employment of 3,950. That median is 5.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,995, against $47,646 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 0.95% of wage-and-salary employment in Barnstable Town, MA (890 of 94,110). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.50 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Barnstable Town, MA · Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Barnstable Town, MA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Barnstable Town, MA is $46,860. The 10th percentile is $36,760 and the 90th percentile is $60,300. Employment is 890.

How does that compare with the national median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand?

The local median is 16.5% higher than the national median of $40,240.

What is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand pay in Barnstable Town, MA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Barnstable Town, MA is 98.351, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $46,860 is $47,646. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Barnstable Town, MA compare with nearby metros for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand?

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 58 miles away, at $40,370. Barnstable Town, MA ranks 1st of 16 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.