Moving Companies in Seattle, WA
Local moves in Seattle run on an hourly rate, averaging around $141 per hour, while anything crossing state lines or going long-distance is priced by weight and mileage instead.
By home size, a studio or one-bedroom typically costs $480 to $900 with two movers over 3 to 5 hours. A two- to three-bedroom home runs $1,400 to $3,300 with a three- to four-person crew over 6 to 10 hours. Larger homes with four or more bedrooms can run $3,000 to $6,000 or higher. Per-mover hourly rates land around $45 to $90, so a standard two-person crew works out to roughly $90 to $180 per hour total.
Seattle's terrain adds its own costs. If a truck can't park close to your door because of a steep hill or narrow street, budget for a long-carry charge covering that extra walking distance the crew has to cover. A slow elevator or several flights of stairs can bring a surcharge too. Washington law also allows movers to bill for travel time to and from the job, so ask how that's calculated before you book. Scheduling around rush hour on I-5, I-90, or SR-520 helps avoid paying by the hour while your truck sits in traffic.
Once you know roughly what size crew you need, the movers listed below can help you compare options.
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Who's moving to Seattle, WA
Federal tax-filer migration data for King County.
66% arrived from another state. Long-haul moves need a carrier with active interstate operating authority — plenty of local companies don't hold one.
See licensed movers55% 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
Seattle refills from a distance: nearby counties pull households out, and the rest of the country replaces them almost one for one.
Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $111,064 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in Washington report $81,703. 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 King County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 10% 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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