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Also called freight car loader, freight handler, freight hustler and freight loader.
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Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand
Laborer moving freight, stock, and materials by hand or with trucks and tractors, maintaining storage areas and recording units handled
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Organized storage areas to reduce time spent searching for items and protect inventory
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Moved materials by hand and truck, following work orders to complete tasks
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Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified.
What it pays
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
| 25th percentile | $36,090 |
|---|---|
| Median | $40,240 |
| 75th percentile | $46,920 |
| State | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| AK | $39,000 | $44,510 | $54,860 |
| AL | $30,700 | $36,670 | $44,170 |
| AR | $30,280 | $35,920 | $41,750 |
| AZ | $37,280 | $44,290 | $48,170 |
| CA | $37,890 | $44,710 | $48,950 |
| CO | $39,610 | $45,370 | $48,770 |
| CT | $37,810 | $43,640 | $48,060 |
| DC | $40,200 | $45,740 | $52,000 |
| DE | $34,920 | $37,320 | $44,960 |
| FL | $34,710 | $38,160 | $45,390 |
| GA | $34,970 | $38,480 | $46,100 |
| HI | $37,830 | $44,120 | $50,630 |
| IA | $37,420 | $43,490 | $48,390 |
| ID | $35,160 | $39,900 | $45,400 |
| IL | $35,890 | $40,550 | $47,560 |
| IN | $36,390 | $41,340 | $46,910 |
| KS | $35,580 | $40,250 | $46,300 |
| KY | $35,510 | $42,770 | $46,830 |
| LA | $29,350 | $35,340 | $41,870 |
| MA | $38,920 | $44,920 | $49,190 |
| MD | $36,960 | $41,600 | $45,760 |
| ME | $36,690 | $42,640 | $46,720 |
| MI | $35,730 | $38,860 | $46,390 |
| MN | $39,110 | $46,280 | $52,070 |
| MO | $35,080 | $39,080 | $45,730 |
| MS | $30,830 | $36,400 | $43,750 |
| MT | $36,610 | $43,840 | $46,670 |
| NC | $35,030 | $38,230 | $44,470 |
| ND | $38,470 | $45,690 | $49,580 |
| NE | $37,440 | $42,910 | $46,610 |
| NH | $36,770 | $42,110 | $46,570 |
| NJ | $35,910 | $39,540 | $46,770 |
| NM | $31,790 | $37,230 | $43,800 |
| NV | $37,010 | $39,350 | $45,820 |
| NY | $38,450 | $44,630 | $49,200 |
| OH | $35,770 | $39,460 | $45,230 |
| OK | $32,250 | $36,990 | $41,420 |
| OR | $37,840 | $44,750 | $49,300 |
| PA | $36,620 | $42,480 | $47,690 |
| PR | $22,370 | $24,560 | $29,100 |
| RI | $36,050 | $41,690 | $48,250 |
| SC | $34,760 | $37,530 | $44,480 |
| SD | $35,200 | $38,980 | $46,380 |
| TN | $35,550 | $38,160 | $44,920 |
| TX | $33,280 | $37,540 | $45,200 |
| UT | $36,880 | $42,370 | $47,060 |
| VA | $35,870 | $39,380 | $47,210 |
| VT | $35,480 | $39,390 | $46,370 |
| WA | $40,300 | $46,190 | $51,230 |
| WI | $37,510 | $44,610 | $48,500 |
| WV | $31,150 | $36,990 | $44,540 |
| WY | $35,670 | $38,330 | $46,230 |
Other names
freight car loader, freight handler, freight hustler, freight loader, freight sorter, freight unloader, laborers and freight stock and material movers hand, air and water filler, airport maintenance laborer, aluminum can collector, ash collector, ash handler.
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This page is about the occupation Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.