How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Gainesville, FL?

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $30,020 and the 90th percentile is $49,410. The difference is $19,390, which is 49.7% 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 $34,770 to the 75th at $45,590, covers $10,820.

The mean annual wage is $40,130, which sits above the median of $38,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gainesville, FL median is 3.1% 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 $40,296, which is 0.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% higher than the Florida median of $38,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gainesville, FL is 96.733, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $40,296 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Gainesville, FL ranks 4th of 19 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).).

• Ocala, FL is 41 miles away, with a median of $40,830 and employment of 2,690. That median is 4.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,873, against $40,296 here.
• Homosassa Springs, FL is 42 miles away, with a median of $34,680 and employment of 340. That median is 11% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,104, against $40,296 here.
• Wildwood-The Villages, FL is 63 miles away, with a median of $36,850 and employment of 350. That median is 5.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,138, against $40,296 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 1.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Gainesville, FL (1,630 of 152,670). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.56 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.