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Average Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand Salary in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA earn a median annual salary of $45,930, which is +14.1% compared to the national median. There are 18,560 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (metro area).

$45,930
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median annual wage
$22/hour median
+14.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $40,240
18,560
Local employment
17.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.91
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$36,650
25th
$38,580
Median
$45,930
75th
$51,410
90th
$57,930

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
106.7%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$43,058
Goods: 105.2%
Services: 151.3%
Rents: 130.2%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Topeka, KS $49,140 Compare 2,140
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $48,420 Compare 790
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $48,400 Compare 30,710
Sheboygan, WI $48,150 Compare 1,550
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $47,740 Compare 29,490
Chambersburg, PA $47,540 Compare 3,130

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Pediatricians, General $395,040 0.36
General Internal Medicine Physicians $361,590 N/A
Family Medicine Physicians $345,310 1.12
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $312,610 N/A
Physicians, All Other $308,280 0.53
Psychiatrists $230,560 1.66
Podiatrists $206,200 0.68
Dentists, All Other Specialists $199,300 0.93

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA has salary data for 658 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Pediatricians, General.

Historical series

Trend for Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand are projected to change by +1.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 384,300 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.