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What the survey says, and what it misses
Median
$40,240
Bottom tenth
$31,270
Top tenth
$55,140
Be careful with these. The federal wage survey has no longshore code, so these figures come from the enormous catch-all group of hand freight and material movers: median $40,240, bottom tenth $31,270. Registered union longshore workers at big container ports are paid under their own union contracts, with overtime and night rates on top. The survey does not break them out, so no figure is guessed here.