SALARY · LABORERS AND FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND · MASSACHUSETTS

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary in Massachusetts

If you are weighing a move, or weighing whether to stay, this is the number that matters first. In Massachusetts, the middle laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand earned $44,920 a year in the latest BLS release. Half earned more than that and half earned less, so treat it as a realistic middle point, not a promise and not a ceiling.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$44,920

$22 per hour at the median · That is $4,680 (11.6 percent) above the national median of $40,240 for this occupation.

$45,760Mean annual salary
$22Mean hourly wage
$34,700People employed in this job in Massachusetts

Salary range

25th: $38,920Median: $44,92075th: $49,190
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$38,920
Median (50th percentile)$44,920
75th percentile$49,190
Mean$45,760

The middle half of workers earned from $38,920 to $49,190 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$36,247 a year
$3,021 a month
Federal tax $3,210 · FICA $3,436 · State tax $2,026

Caveat: the Massachusetts figure excludes the optional Social Security and Medicare deduction, worth up to $100 of tax.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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