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

How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Macon-Bibb County, GA?

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 Macon-Bibb County, GA is $37,140. The 10th percentile is $30,300 and the 90th percentile is $46,190. Employment is 3,070.

Median annual wage

$37,140

10th percentile
$30,300
25th percentile
$32,220
Median
$37,140
75th percentile
$43,850
90th percentile
$46,190
Mean
$38,340

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 $30,300 and the 90th percentile is $46,190. The difference is $15,890, which is 42.8% 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 $32,220 to the 75th at $43,850, covers $11,630.

The mean annual wage is $38,340, which sits above the median of $37,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Macon-Bibb County, GA median is 7.7% 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 $41,953, which is 4.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.5% lower than the Georgia median of $38,480.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Macon-Bibb County, GA is 88.528, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $41,953 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. Macon-Bibb County, GA ranks 14th 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).).

  • Warner Robins, GA is 25 miles away, with a median of $47,130 and employment of 1,650. That median is 26.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,251, against $41,953 here.
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 72 miles away, with a median of $39,020 and employment of 78,460. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,997, against $41,953 here.
  • Columbus, GA-AL is 72 miles away, with a median of $36,910 and employment of 2,490. That median is 0.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,334, against $41,953 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 3.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Macon-Bibb County, GA (3,070 of 95,030). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.70 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA · 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 Macon-Bibb County, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Macon-Bibb County, GA is $37,140. The 10th percentile is $30,300 and the 90th percentile is $46,190. Employment is 3,070.

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

The local median is 7.7% lower than the national median of $40,240.

What is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand pay in Macon-Bibb County, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Macon-Bibb County, GA is 88.528, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $37,140 is $41,953. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Macon-Bibb County, GA compare with nearby metros for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand?

Warner Robins, GA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 25 miles away, at $47,130. Macon-Bibb County, GA ranks 14th of 26 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.