Hampton Roads Moving Cost Index

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The Index tracks what completed moves actually cost in Hampton Roads, built from our own verified job records — real jobs, real payments, nothing estimated.

November 2026 edition, from jobs completed September 26 to November 5, 2026:

The middle labor-only job cost 450 dollars (6 verified jobs, from 450 to 975 dollars).

The middle job with two movers and a truck cost 625 dollars (4 verified jobs, from 600 to 1,500 dollars).

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The Index is updated monthly, from each month's verified jobs.

Gregory "Big Vet" Sledge, our veteran owner, runs Norfolk Movers.

Labor only: 75 dollars per mover per hour, three-hour minimum.

Two movers and a truck: 200 dollars an hour.

Three movers and a truck: 250 dollars an hour.

Four movers and a truck: 300 dollars an hour.

Three-hour minimum.

The deposit is one hour at the crew rate.

It is credited to your bill and refundable up to 48 hours before the move.

The billing clock starts when the crew arrives.

After the minimum, time is billed in 15-minute steps.

The military discount is 50 dollars, and it is a standing offer.

The truck travel fee is 250 dollars on full-service moves.

moving labor in Norfolk — rates and booking ( https://norfolkmovers.org/moving-help-moving-labor )

last-minute movers in Norfolk ( https://norfolkmovers.org/last-minute-movers )

How often does the Index update?

Monthly.

Each new edition is built from that month's verified, completed jobs.

Is this the whole Hampton Roads market?

No, and we say so plainly.

The Index is one company's real records — every job we can prove, published where anyone can check it.

It grows every month.

Why the middle number instead of the average?

Because one 7,080-dollar contract would bend an average into a number that helps nobody.

The middle job is the honest picture of what a move here costs.

What is the cheapest real job behind this Index?

450 dollars — two movers, three hours, labor only.

Five of the 13 jobs in this edition cost exactly that, because most small jobs finish inside the three-hour minimum.

Why did one labor-only job cost 975 dollars?

Crew size.

That job ran four movers for 3 hours and 15 minutes at 75 dollars per mover per hour.

Same rate as the 450-dollar jobs — twice the men, a little more time.

Is the deposit inside these totals, or on top of them?

Inside.

The deposit is one hour at your crew's rate, paid up front and credited to the bill.

On the receipts behind this Index, the deposit plus the balance equals the total — 150 plus 300 on a 450-dollar job, 200 plus 400 on a 600-dollar job.

Are community-services moves counted in the Index?

No.

Moves we run for community services boards are not in these numbers — their payment records are kept by the agencies, and a job only enters the Index when its payment record checks out to the dollar in our own files.