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Average Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand Salary in Tucson, AZ

Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand in Tucson, AZ earn a median annual salary of $42,940, which is +6.7% compared to the national median. There are 7,780 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Tucson, AZ (metro area).

$42,940
Tucson, AZ median annual wage
$21/hour median
+6.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $40,240
7,780
Local employment
20.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.05
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$34,800
25th
$37,730
Median
$42,940
75th
$48,410
90th
$58,300

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 Tucson, AZ, 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
96.9%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$44,316
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 89.5%
Rents: 91.8%
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 Tucson, AZ

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $357,070 1.05
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons $299,990 N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians $264,320 1.90
Psychiatrists $257,650 1.03
Dentists, All Other Specialists $254,650 3.18
Dermatologists $231,030 2.76
Family Medicine Physicians $227,940 1.08
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers $206,050 0.22

Tucson, AZ has salary data for 497 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand in Tucson, AZ

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.