How Much Do Movers Cost on the North Shore?

Our starting rates

2 movers and a truck from $129/hr, 3 movers from $169/hr, 4 movers from $199/hr. There is a 3-hour minimum, travel time counts toward it, and after that we bill in 15-minute steps. Cash, military and returning customers save 5%.

Blankets, pads, dollies, straps, tools and basic furniture disassembly and reassembly are included, so they never show up as extra lines.

How travel time works

Travel time is the drive from our office to your first address, plus the drive from your last address back to our office. It is billed like work time and counts toward the 3-hour minimum. We add travel and work together, and you never pay less than 3 hours.

Example: 45 minutes of travel plus 2 hours of work is 2 hours 45 minutes, so you pay the 3-hour minimum. 1 hour of travel plus 2 hours 45 minutes of work is 3 hours 45 minutes. Travel time shows on your written estimate.

Why a Swampscott crew costs less on the North Shore

Many movers who serve the North Shore start their day in Boston or further away, and their customers pay for that drive. Our crew is based in Swampscott. For a move in Lynn, Salem, Marblehead, Beverly or Peabody, the drive is short, so more of your minimum goes to actual moving.

For towns further out, like Newburyport, Haverhill or Lowell, travel is a bigger part of the price. It is still set in writing before moving day.

What changes the price

Stairs, long carries from the truck, elevators with booked time slots, unpacked kitchens and very heavy items like safes all add time. Packing services and extra stops, like a storage unit, add time too.

What brings it down: everything packed before the crew arrives, a clear spot for the truck close to the door, dressers emptied and beds stripped, and a complete list of what is moving so the right crew size shows up. For the usual crew size by home, see our Boston moving cost guide.

How far each town is from our Swampscott base

Straight-line distance from Swampscott, rounded. Road distance is longer, and for places like Hull and Nahant the road goes around the water, so the travel time on your estimate is what counts.

Under 10 miles: Lynn, Nahant, Marblehead, Salem, Saugus, Peabody, Revere, Lynnfield, Danvers, Beverly, Winthrop, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Melrose, Wakefield.

10 to 20 miles: Boston, Middleton, Topsfield, Wenham, Hamilton, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex, Boxford, Ipswich, Gloucester, Rockport, Rowley, Georgetown, North Andover, Andover, Reading, North Reading, Stoneham, Medford, Somerville, Cambridge, Winchester, Woburn, Wilmington, Burlington, Tewksbury, Billerica, Arlington, Lexington, Bedford, Belmont, Watertown, Waltham, Brookline, Newton, Quincy, Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Hull, Cohasset.

20 to 30 miles: Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, Groveland, Newbury, West Newbury, Newburyport, Merrimac, Amesbury, Salisbury, Lowell, Dracut, Chelmsford, Concord, Dedham, Needham, Wellesley, Norwood, Randolph.