How much do Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand make in Wheeling, WV-OH?

Percentile spread

For Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $29,580 and the 90th percentile is $64,160. The difference is $34,580, which is 90.6% 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 $31,550 to the 75th at $45,700, covers $14,150.

The mean annual wage is $41,320, which sits above the median of $38,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wheeling, WV-OH median is 5.2% 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 $43,194, which is 7.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% higher than the West Virginia median of $36,990.

Wheeling, WV-OH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses West Virginia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wheeling, WV-OH is 88.323, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $43,194 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

33 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Wheeling, WV-OH ranks 19th of 34 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).).

• Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH is 30 miles away, with a median of $37,330 and employment of 650. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,933, against $43,194 here.
• Canton-Massillon, OH is 55 miles away, with a median of $38,900 and employment of 3,420. That median is 2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,509, against $43,194 here.
• Pittsburgh, PA is 62 miles away, with a median of $41,830 and employment of 18,830. That median is 9.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,185, against $43,194 here.

Employment share

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand accounts for 1.6% of wage-and-salary employment in Wheeling, WV-OH (940 of 58,130). Nationally the occupation is 1.9% of employment (2,950,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.85 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.