Moving Companies in Salem, NH
Salem sits close enough to the Massachusetts line that a lot of local jobs blend New Hampshire and Boston-area pricing. Moves under 100 miles are billed hourly with a crew-size multiplier; anything farther, especially across state lines, switches to pricing by weight and mileage.
Local move costs by home size
| Home size | Total cost |
|---|---|
| Studio or 1-bedroom | $515–$1,040 |
| Two-bedroom | $1,032–$1,587 |
| Three to four bedrooms | $2,253–$3,953 |
A standard 2-person crew runs $120 to $160 per hour, and every job carries a 3-hour minimum. Bigger crews of 3 to 4 movers scale the rate up to $248 to $682 per hour depending on the company. Cross the state line for a long-distance move and pricing jumps to $1,785 up to over $10,115, driven by weight and distance rather than the clock.
Whether the crew handles packing for you or just loads and hauls also shifts where in these ranges your total lands.
The movers serving Salem are listed in the directory below.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Rockingham County.
67% 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 movers58% of departures stayed under 50 miles. Short local moves are usually priced by the hour, so a regional company is often the cheaper call.
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 $136,704 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in New Hampshire report $98,915. 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 Rockingham County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 22% 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 New Hampshire migration page →
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