Moving Companies in Newark, NJ
Two things decide where you land in Newark's price range: how many hours the crew works, and how much stuff you ask them to carry.
Local crews charge about $120 an hour for two movers and a truck. A studio or small apartment lands between $435 and $900 for the full job; a larger home climbs from $1,200 toward $3,800 or more depending on how much volume the crew has to move. Long-distance jobs starting in Newark begin around $2,000 for a light load and can pass $10,000 for a full household headed out of state.
To sit near the bottom of whichever range applies to you: clear out furniture and boxes you don't need before the crew arrives, since companies bill by time and weight and every item removed shortens the job. Ask specifically for a binding estimate rather than a non-binding one, since a non-binding number is a guess a company can legally raise once they see your belongings, while a binding quote locks the price. Confirm the company is properly registered, whether that's a USDOT number for an interstate move or compliance with New Jersey's consumer affairs rules for an in-state one, since unregistered outfits are the ones most likely to pad a bill with fees invented on moving day.
Once you know your rough size and distance, the movers listed below are a reasonable place to start pricing it out.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Essex County.
51% arrived from elsewhere in New Jersey. 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 movers60% 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 $95,373 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in New Jersey report $97,214. 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 Essex County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 12% 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 Jersey migration page →
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