Moving Companies in Fife, WA
The single number to know: local movers around Fife average about $182 an hour for a standard crew of two to three movers and a truck.
Local moves under 50 miles are billed by the hour, with totals usually landing somewhere between $655 and $2,000 or more depending on whether you're moving a one-bedroom apartment or a full four-bedroom house. Moving farther than that, or across state lines, shifts pricing away from an hourly rate entirely — those jobs are priced based on how much your household weighs and how far it's going, and commonly run $2,500 to $6,000 or more.
Where you land in either range comes down to a few practical things: how many rooms you're moving, whether there are stairs or a long walk to the truck at either address, and how many total hours the crew ends up working. A studio apartment with an elevator and flat parking will sit near the bottom of the local range; a large house with narrow stairs and a tight driveway will push toward the top. Whichever category you fall into, get a written estimate before moving day so there are no surprises.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Pierce County.
50% arrived from elsewhere in Washington. Most arrivals are in-state moves, so a regional company will usually cover it — check interstate authority only if you're crossing a state line.
See licensed movers43% of departures went farther than 50 miles. Beyond that range moves are priced by weight and distance, and a state line means the carrier needs interstate authority.
See the full picture — 5-year trend, state flows and top routes
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $71,132 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Washington report $76,072. Long-distance arrivals are the higher-budget half of the market.
How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The catch: it publishes annually with about a two-year lag, counts Pierce County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 20% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets instead. See the whole state on the Washington migration page →
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