How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $30,670 and the 90th percentile is $48,890. The difference is $18,220, which is 47.2% 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 $35,250 to the 75th at $45,760, covers $10,510.

The mean annual wage is $40,750, which sits above the median of $38,580. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median is 4.1% 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 $33,796, which is 16% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.1% higher than the Florida median of $38,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 114.155, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,580 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $33,796 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ranks 5th of 12 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).).

• Naples-Marco Island, FL is 57 miles away, with a median of $39,410 and employment of 1,690. That median is 2.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,188, against $33,796 here.
• Port St. Lucie, FL is 78 miles away, with a median of $36,670 and employment of 2,510. That median is 5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,587, against $33,796 here.
• Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL is 99 miles away, with a median of $38,490 and employment of 4,680. That median is 0.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,607, against $33,796 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 1.7% of wage-and-salary employment in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (48,860 of 2,819,940). 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.