Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Tennessee earn a median of $38,160 a year (5% below the U.S. median of $40,240), based on about 105,870 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Tennessee. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.

Median annual pay

$38,160

5% below the U.S. median of $40,240

Average annual pay

$40,020

Mean wage

Pay range

$30,230–$48,420

10th to 90th percentile

Jobs in the state

105,870

Employees, May 2025

Median hourly pay

$18.35

Before taxes

The state's price level is 91.9 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $38,160 here equals roughly $41,523 after adjusting for the state's price level.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.