Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Salary in Utah

The median for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Utah is $42,370 a year, somewhat above the national $40,240 (+5%); the state ranks 21st of 51 states by median. That is 15% less than the median across all occupations in Utah ($50,110). Among neighbouring states, Colorado and Arizona pay more (up to $45,370 in Colorado) and Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico pay less (down to $37,230 in New Mexico). Utah employs 29,670 laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, 17.1 per 1,000 jobs, the 31st largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.90 is close to the national share.

Utah vs the United States, May 2025

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Utah and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Utah	Hourly	$16.04	$17.73	$20.37	$22.63	$26.34	$20.54	29,670	17.09	0.90
Utah	Annual	$33,360	$36,880	$42,370	$47,060	$54,790	$42,720	29,670	17.09	0.90
United States	Hourly	$15.03	$17.35	$19.35	$22.56	$26.51	$20.32	2,950,280	–	–
United States	Annual	$31,270	$36,090	$40,240	$46,920	$55,140	$42,260	2,950,280	–	–

Utah annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

Rank by median: 21st of 51 states
Rank by employment: 31st of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.90
Jobs per 1,000: 17.09

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Utah's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Utah

5 metropolitan areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas touching Utah publish a row for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$21.25	$44,190	$34,830	$56,210	15,630	18.91	1.00
Ogden, UT	$20.29	$42,200	$33,580	$53,870	4,300	15.83	0.83
Logan, UT-ID	$19.27	$40,080	$29,330	$52,390	1,220	18.22	0.96
St. George, UT	$19.11	$39,750	$33,760	$48,730	1,610	17.84	0.94
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$18.08	$37,600	$32,300	$49,320	4,590	15.08	0.79
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area	$21.39	$44,500	$31,550	$52,120	870	12.91	0.68
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area	$18.74	$38,990	$27,440	$56,700	1,480	13.31	0.70

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Utah	$20.37	$42,370	29,670	0.90
Arizona	$21.29	$44,290	71,090	1.16
Colorado	$21.81	$45,370	31,140	0.57
Idaho	$19.18	$39,900	15,610	0.96
New Mexico	$17.90	$37,230	10,200	0.62
Nevada	$18.92	$39,350	40,850	1.39
Wyoming	$18.43	$38,330	2,700	0.51

See the national page for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (every state ranked) and the Utah wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Utah estimates.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.