How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Rocky Mount, NC?

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $28,500 and the 90th percentile is $46,420. The difference is $17,920, which is 49.0% 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 $31,770 to the 75th at $42,310, covers $10,540.

The mean annual wage is $37,610, which sits above the median of $36,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rocky Mount, NC median is 9.2% 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 $41,528, which is 3.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.4% lower than the North Carolina median of $38,230.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rocky Mount, NC is 88.012, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $41,528 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

24 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Rocky Mount, NC ranks 18th of 25 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).).

• Greenville, NC is 34 miles away, with a median of $35,910 and employment of 960. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,621, against $41,528 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $38,470 and employment of 17,060. That median is 5.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,192, against $41,528 here.
• Goldsboro, NC is 42 miles away, with a median of $34,730 and employment of 710. That median is 5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,260, against $41,528 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 2.6% of wage-and-salary employment in Rocky Mount, NC (1,440 of 54,630). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.39 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.