Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Salary — Houston, Texas

The average Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Houston, Texas earns $39,910 a year.

$39,910 / year, mean
↓ 6.3% below national average 77th percentile in Texas

Houston pays well above most of Texas for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
52,520
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.7%
Cost of living 99 #69 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $308,306 #99 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,458 #49 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Houston ranks #69 for cost of living and #99 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $51,280 San Jose $50,920 Seattle $49,650 Bremerton $49,280 Hanford $48,640 Modesto $48,140 Decatur $48,110 Portland $48,060 Napa $47,930 Stockton $47,860 Vallejo $47,310 Albany $47,080 Santa Rosa $47,030 Sacramento $46,730 Blacksburg $46,390 Mount Vernon $46,280 Albany $46,170 Riverside $46,160 Bakersfield $45,900 Olympia $45,720 Staunton $45,690 Bellingham $45,610 Chambersburg $45,480 Santa Cruz $45,320 New York $45,280 Kiryas Joel $45,150 Reading $45,020 Spokane $44,840 Syracuse $44,480 Kennewick $44,440 Louisville $44,440 Santa Maria $44,380 San Diego $44,270 Longview $44,210 Walla Walla $44,080 Los Angeles $44,070 Merced $44,050 Harrisburg $44,040 Philadelphia $43,930 Allentown $43,780 Oxnard $43,720 Lebanon $43,660 Ann Arbor $43,640 Bend $43,580 Virginia Beach $43,450 Pittsburgh $43,400 Buffalo $43,350 Ithaca $43,320 Lancaster $43,280 Kalamazoo $43,250 Rockford $43,230 Chicago $43,140 Scranton $43,030 Baltimore $43,010 Detroit $43,010 Roanoke $42,920 Yuba City $42,780 Visalia $42,650 Indianapolis $42,620 Kingston $42,540 York $42,480 Chico $42,390 Elkhart $42,220 Salinas $42,150 Richmond $42,130 Champaign $42,100 Salem $42,100 San Luis Obispo $42,040 Utica $41,930 Salisbury $41,860 Battle Creek $41,800 Owensboro $41,790 Midland $41,730 Atlanta $41,680 Yakima $41,650 Lansing $41,630 Winchester $41,610 Monroe $41,580 Jacksonville $41,550 Kokomo $41,540 Fresno $41,490 Evansville $41,480 Orlando $41,470 Glens Falls $41,350 Springfield $41,330 Wenatchee $41,330 Wheeling $41,320 Rochester $41,300 Tyler $41,220 Lexington $41,210 Atlantic City $41,060 Eugene $40,990 Hagerstown $40,980 Elmira $40,940 Lakeland $40,930 South Bend $40,900 Dallas $40,830 Binghamton $40,790 Medford $40,770 Redding $40,770 Miami $40,750 Williamsport $40,720 Naples $40,680 Peoria $40,610 Sarasota $40,600 Traverse City $40,430 Weirton $40,420 Trenton $40,410 Austin $40,380 Columbus $40,350 El Centro $40,340 Fort Wayne $40,290 Odessa $40,290 Punta Gorda $40,240 Corvallis $40,220 Bloomington $40,190 Gainesville $40,130 Beaumont $40,060 Bloomington $40,050 Bowling Green $40,020 Crestview $40,010 Houston $39,910 Fort Myers $39,830 Gettysburg $39,820 Charleston $39,800 Texarkana $39,740 Charlottesville $39,710 Ocala $39,590 Saginaw $39,580 Palm Bay $39,540 Grants Pass $39,500 Watertown $39,470 Lexington Park $39,460 Johnstown $39,450 Lafayette $39,440 Tampa $39,390 Sherman $39,280 Kankakee $39,270 Muskegon $39,250 State College $39,210 Deltona $39,170 Killeen $39,110 Bay City $39,040 Niles $39,010 Paducah $39,010 Michigan City $38,990 Longview $38,970 San Antonio $38,930 Grand Rapids $38,750 Terre Haute $38,720 Flint $38,700 Harrisonburg $38,620 Midland $38,580 Altoona $38,550 Port St. Lucie $38,470 Beckley $38,450 Sebastian $38,420 Vineland $38,330 Muncie $38,230 Pensacola $38,160 Elizabethtown $38,110 Jackson $38,100 Wildwood $38,080 Lynchburg $38,040 Erie $37,950 Panama City $37,870 Corpus Christi $37,640 Waco $37,380 Morgantown $37,250 Dover $37,060 Amarillo $36,980 Tallahassee $36,630 Victoria $36,370 Huntington $36,340 Abilene $36,280 College Station $36,000 Parkersburg $35,990 Sebring $35,810 Homosassa Springs $35,770 Lubbock $35,700 El Paso $35,360 Wichita Falls $35,030 San Angelo $34,520 Eagle Pass $34,280 Brownsville $33,540 Laredo $33,540 McAllen $32,790
CityMean salaryvs. Houston
Atlanta, Georgia$41,680+4.4%
Abilene, Texas$36,280-9.1%
Albany, Oregon$47,080+18.0%
Albany, New York$46,170+15.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$43,780+9.7%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$38,550-3.4%
Amarillo, Texas$36,980-7.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$43,640+9.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$41,060+2.9%
Austin, Texas$40,380+1.2%
Bakersfield, California$45,900+15.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$43,010+7.8%
Battle Creek, Michigan$41,800+4.7%
Bay City, Michigan$39,040-2.2%
Beaumont, Texas$40,060+0.4%
Beckley, West Virginia$38,450-3.7%
Bellingham, Washington$45,610+14.3%
Bend, Oregon$43,580+9.2%
Binghamton, New York$40,790+2.2%
Blacksburg, Virginia$46,390+16.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$40,050+0.4%
Bloomington, Indiana$40,190+0.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$40,020+0.3%
Bremerton, Washington$49,280+23.5%
Brownsville, Texas$33,540-16.0%
Buffalo, New York$43,350+8.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$39,830-0.2%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$45,480+14.0%
Champaign, Illinois$42,100+5.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$39,800-0.3%
Charlottesville, Virginia$39,710-0.5%
Chicago, Illinois$43,140+8.1%
Chico, California$42,390+6.2%
College Station, Texas$36,000-9.8%
Columbus, Indiana$40,350+1.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$37,640-5.7%
Corvallis, Oregon$40,220+0.8%
Crestview, Florida$40,010+0.3%
Dallas, Texas$40,830+2.3%
Decatur, Illinois$48,110+20.5%
Deltona, Florida$39,170-1.9%
Detroit, Michigan$43,010+7.8%
Dover, Delaware$37,060-7.1%
Eagle Pass, Texas$34,280-14.1%
El Centro, California$40,340+1.1%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$38,110-4.5%
Elkhart, Indiana$42,220+5.8%
Elmira, New York$40,940+2.6%
El Paso, Texas$35,360-11.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$37,950-4.9%
Eugene, Oregon$40,990+2.7%
Evansville, Indiana$41,480+3.9%
Flint, Michigan$38,700-3.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$40,290+1.0%
Fresno, California$41,490+4.0%
Gainesville, Florida$40,130+0.6%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$39,820-0.2%
Glens Falls, New York$41,350+3.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$38,750-2.9%
Grants Pass, Oregon$39,500-1.0%
Hagerstown, Maryland$40,980+2.7%
Hanford, California$48,640+21.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$44,040+10.3%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$38,620-3.2%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$35,770-10.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$36,340-8.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$42,620+6.8%
Ithaca, New York$43,320+8.5%
Jackson, Michigan$38,100-4.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$41,550+4.1%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$39,450-1.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$43,250+8.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$39,270-1.6%
Kennewick, Washington$44,440+11.4%
Killeen, Texas$39,110-2.0%
Kingston, New York$42,540+6.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$45,150+13.1%
Kokomo, Indiana$41,540+4.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$39,440-1.2%
Lakeland, Florida$40,930+2.6%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$43,280+8.4%
Lansing, Michigan$41,630+4.3%
Laredo, Texas$33,540-16.0%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$43,660+9.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$41,210+3.3%
Lexington Park, Maryland$39,460-1.1%
Longview, Texas$38,970-2.4%
Longview, Washington$44,210+10.8%
Los Angeles, California$44,070+10.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$44,440+11.4%
Lubbock, Texas$35,700-10.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$38,040-4.7%
McAllen, Texas$32,790-17.8%
Medford, Oregon$40,770+2.2%
Merced, California$44,050+10.4%
Miami, Florida$40,750+2.1%
Michigan City, Indiana$38,990-2.3%
Midland, Michigan$38,580-3.3%
Midland, Texas$41,730+4.6%
Modesto, California$48,140+20.6%
Monroe, Michigan$41,580+4.2%
Morgantown, West Virginia$37,250-6.7%
Mount Vernon, Washington$46,280+16.0%
Muncie, Indiana$38,230-4.2%
Muskegon, Michigan$39,250-1.7%
Napa, California$47,930+20.1%
Naples, Florida$40,680+1.9%
New York, New York$45,280+13.5%
Niles, Michigan$39,010-2.3%
Sarasota, Florida$40,600+1.7%
Ocala, Florida$39,590-0.8%
Odessa, Texas$40,290+1.0%
Olympia, Washington$45,720+14.6%
Orlando, Florida$41,470+3.9%
Owensboro, Kentucky$41,790+4.7%
Oxnard, California$43,720+9.5%
Paducah, Kentucky$39,010-2.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$39,540-0.9%
Panama City, Florida$37,870-5.1%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$35,990-9.8%
Pensacola, Florida$38,160-4.4%
Peoria, Illinois$40,610+1.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$43,930+10.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$43,400+8.7%
Portland, Oregon$48,060+20.4%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$38,470-3.6%
Punta Gorda, Florida$40,240+0.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$45,020+12.8%
Redding, California$40,770+2.2%
Richmond, Virginia$42,130+5.6%
Riverside, California$46,160+15.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$42,920+7.5%
Rochester, New York$41,300+3.5%
Rockford, Illinois$43,230+8.3%
Sacramento, California$46,730+17.1%
Saginaw, Michigan$39,580-0.8%
Salem, Oregon$42,100+5.5%
Salinas, California$42,150+5.6%
Salisbury, Maryland$41,860+4.9%
San Angelo, Texas$34,520-13.5%
San Antonio, Texas$38,930-2.5%
San Diego, California$44,270+10.9%
San Francisco, California$51,280+28.5%
San Jose, California$50,920+27.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$42,040+5.3%
Santa Cruz, California$45,320+13.6%
Santa Maria, California$44,380+11.2%
Santa Rosa, California$47,030+17.8%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$43,030+7.8%
Seattle, Washington$49,650+24.4%
Sebastian, Florida$38,420-3.7%
Sebring, Florida$35,810-10.3%
Sherman, Texas$39,280-1.6%
South Bend, Indiana$40,900+2.5%
Spokane, Washington$44,840+12.4%
Springfield, Illinois$41,330+3.6%
State College, Pennsylvania$39,210-1.8%
Staunton, Virginia$45,690+14.5%
Stockton, California$47,860+19.9%
Syracuse, New York$44,480+11.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$36,630-8.2%
Tampa, Florida$39,390-1.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$38,720-3.0%
Texarkana, Texas$39,740-0.4%
Traverse City, Michigan$40,430+1.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$40,410+1.3%
Tyler, Texas$41,220+3.3%
Utica, New York$41,930+5.1%
Vallejo, California$47,310+18.5%
Victoria, Texas$36,370-8.9%
Vineland, New Jersey$38,330-4.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$43,450+8.9%
Visalia, California$42,650+6.9%
Waco, Texas$37,380-6.3%
Walla Walla, Washington$44,080+10.4%
Watertown, New York$39,470-1.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$40,420+1.3%
Wenatchee, Washington$41,330+3.6%
Wheeling, West Virginia$41,320+3.5%
Wichita Falls, Texas$35,030-12.2%
Wildwood, Florida$38,080-4.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$40,720+2.0%
Winchester, Virginia$41,610+4.3%
Yakima, Washington$41,650+4.4%
York, Pennsylvania$42,480+6.4%
Yuba City, California$42,780+7.2%
Gross salary
39,910/yr
Estimated take-home
34,248/yr
Est. total withheld
14.2%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 53-7062 SOC code
Official area Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
PasadenaThe Woodlands
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
7,274,714