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Material Mover Salary in Virginia Beach, VA

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The median material mover in the Virginia Beach area earns $39,160 a year ($18.83 an hour), 3% below the U.S. median ($40,240) and 1% below the Virginia median ($39,380). Half of the 13,920 material movers there earn between $35,820 and $47,250.

Percentiles. Dark: the middle half of earners. Red line: median. Dashed: U.S. median.
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, May 2025 (latest official data). Metro area: Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.
Annual payVirginia Beach areaVirginiaU.S.
10th percentile$30,880$31,050$31,270
25th percentile$35,820$35,870$36,090
Median$39,160$39,380$40,240
75th percentile$47,250$47,210$46,920
90th percentile$56,430$53,700$55,140
Average$43,450$42,330$42,260
Jobs13,92058,0002,950,280

Virginia Beach, VA ranks 35th of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas for material mover pay. Highest: San Francisco, CA ($48,400).

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Sources

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, www.bls.gov/oes. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.