Local hourly crews

Under about fifty miles, a move is not a shipment, it is a shift. You are buying a crew, a truck, and the hours it takes to load and unload, which is why the same household costs different amounts in different cities: the hourly rate and the stairs are local, the furniture is not. These are the companies that sell that shift.

Local hourly2026 rates

Typical range, studio to large home

$325–$3,500

Local move, ~15 miles, off-peak date, you pack. · how we calculate

Cost by home size

Local move, ~15 miles, off-peak date, you pack.
Home sizeLowTypicalHigh
Studio$325$400$500
1 Bedroom$450$550$675
2 Bedroom$875$1,075$1,300
3 Bedroom$1,200$1,475$1,800
4 Bedroom$1,925$2,350$2,875
5+ Bedroom$2,350$2,875$3,500

What you are actually buying

A crew of two to four movers with a truck, blankets, straps, and a dolly, billed by the hour from the moment they start until the last item is placed. Disassembly and reassembly of beds and tables is normally included in the hours; boxes and packing are not.

How this tier is priced

An hourly rate per mover with the truck folded in, usually with a two- or three-hour minimum. Many companies start the clock when the crew leaves the depot and stop it when it returns, which can add an hour or more that never appears in the advertised rate.

Watch for: Travel time and the minimum. An advertised rate that looks cheap next to a competitor is often quoted door-to-door against a depot-to-depot rate, so ask which clock you are paying for before comparing two numbers.

Who this is the right answer for

Anyone moving inside one metro who can be flexible on the date. Mid-month weekdays outside May through September are consistently the cheapest hours you can buy.

What this tier costs in major metros

A 2-bedroom household at this tier, priced with each metro's own local index. This is the same arithmetic as the metro cost pages, so the two never disagree.

2-bedroom household. Local move, ~15 miles, off-peak date, you pack.
MetroTypicalRange
New York, NY$1,375$1,125–$1,675
Los Angeles, CA$1,250$1,025–$1,500
Chicago, IL$1,150$925–$1,400
Phoenix, AZ$1,050$850–$1,250
Dallas, TX$1,025$825–$1,225
Houston, TX$1,000$825–$1,200

See every metro we publish rates for on moving costs by city.

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Local hourly crews FAQ

$325–$3,500 across the home sizes this tier normally serves, at these assumptions: local move, ~15 miles, off-peak date, you pack. A peak-season date adds roughly 15% and the last five days of a month another 8%.

An hourly rate per mover with the truck folded in, usually with a two- or three-hour minimum. Many companies start the clock when the crew leaves the depot and stop it when it returns, which can add an hour or more that never appears in the advertised rate.

Travel time and the minimum. An advertised rate that looks cheap next to a competitor is often quoted door-to-door against a depot-to-depot rate, so ask which clock you are paying for before comparing two numbers.

Anyone moving inside one metro who can be flexible on the date. Mid-month weekdays outside May through September are consistently the cheapest hours you can buy.

No. This is an hourly tier, and an hour of crew labor is a local price. The same 2-bedroom job at this tier runs $1,000 in Houston and $1,375 in New York, a difference of $375.

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