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

How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ?

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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is $37,100. The 10th percentile is $31,330 and the 90th percentile is $45,490. Employment is 290.

Median annual wage

$37,100

10th percentile
$31,330
25th percentile
$34,490
Median
$37,100
75th percentile
$40,500
90th percentile
$45,490
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 $31,330 and the 90th percentile is $45,490. The difference is $14,160, which is 38.2% 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 $34,490 to the 75th at $40,500, covers $6,010.

The mean annual wage is $38,340, which sits above the median of $37,100. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ median is 7.8% 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 $41,572, which is 3.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.2% lower than the Arizona median of $44,290.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is 89.243, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,100 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $41,572 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ ranks 3rd of 4 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).).

  • Tucson, AZ is 119 miles away, with a median of $42,940 and employment of 7,780. That median is 15.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,316, against $41,572 here.
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 163 miles away, with a median of $44,950 and employment of 56,420. That median is 21.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,507, against $41,572 here.
  • Las Cruces, NM is 176 miles away, with a median of $33,350 and employment of 780. That median is 10.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,968, against $41,572 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 0.85% of wage-and-salary employment in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ (290 of 33,970). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.45 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ · 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is $37,100. The 10th percentile is $31,330 and the 90th percentile is $45,490. Employment is 290.

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

The local median is 7.8% lower than the national median of $40,240.

What is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand pay in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is 89.243, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $37,100 is $41,572. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ compare with nearby metros for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand?

Tucson, AZ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 119 miles away, at $42,940. Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ ranks 3rd of 4 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.