How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Muncie, IN?

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $27,100 and the 90th percentile is $47,830. The difference is $20,730, which is 55.3% 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 $31,820 to the 75th at $44,670, covers $12,850.

The mean annual wage is $38,230, which sits above the median of $37,490. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Muncie, IN median is 6.8% 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 $42,531, which is 5.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.3% lower than the Indiana median of $41,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Muncie, IN is 88.148, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,490 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $42,531 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

36 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Muncie, IN ranks 26th of 37 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).).

• Kokomo, IN is 42 miles away, with a median of $39,040 and employment of 550. That median is 4.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,548, against $42,531 here.
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 49 miles away, with a median of $44,180 and employment of 48,100. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,167, against $42,531 here.
• Fort Wayne, IN is 55 miles away, with a median of $37,860 and employment of 5,800. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,898, against $42,531 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 1.5% of wage-and-salary employment in Muncie, IN (690 of 44,740). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.81 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.