Los Angeles moving rates. By the minute.

Choose your crew

180 minutes is a rate threshold, not a minimum purchase.

If your move uses 90 billable minutes, you pay for 90. The lower rate applies only to minutes after the first 180. The first 180 minutes retain the initial rate.

If your move uses 70 billable minutes, you pay for 70. If it uses 200, the first 180 are billed at the initial rate and the remaining 20 at the lower rate.

The same rates per hour

Comparing with hourly movers? Here are our minute rates converted to hourly. The difference: you still pay by the minute, with no 3-hour minimum and no 15-minute blocks.

How we bill

Billable minutes = work at the addresses + 2 × actual driving time between the addresses.

This formula describes a standard one-pickup, one-delivery move. Extra stops and second trips have no stop fee: they are simply billed time, with work at each stop plus double the driving time between stops.

Work at your addresses

Time spent packing, protecting furniture, loading, unloading and completing the agreed work counts toward your billable minutes. Stairs and long carries take working time. They do not trigger a separate fee.

Driving between your addresses

We use double drive time between pickup and delivery. A 20-minute drive adds 40 billable minutes. This is how travel time is calculated on a standard one-pickup, one-delivery move.

Those minutes count toward the same 180-minute rate threshold as work at your addresses. There is no separate travel-rate tier.

Getting to you and returning afterward

You are not billed for the crew’s trip to your first address or its return from your last address.

One-minute billing

No 15-minute billing blocks. No 3-hour minimum.

How the lower rate works

For two movers and a truck, the first 180 billable minutes cost $2.50 each. Every additional billable minute costs $2.15.

240 billable minutes = (180 × $2.50) + (60 × $2.15) = $579.

A short-move example

Two movers and a truck, with one pickup and one delivery address:

90 billable minutes × $2.50 = $225.

This example shows how the calculation works. Your total depends on the work and driving time for your move.

What your minute rates include

What your minute rates include

• Your selected crew and a moving truck.
• Fuel, without a separate fuel surcharge.
• Stairs, without a separate stair fee.
• Long carries, without a separate distance fee.
• Ordinary, non-specialty items weighing 250 lb or less per item, without a separate heavy-item fee.
• Moving blankets, shrink wrap and tape, free of charge.
• Furniture disassembly and reassembly for standard pieces.
• Extra stops and second trips, without a stop fee. They are simply billed time.

Working time still counts toward your billable minutes. That is the whole idea: you pay for time, not for a list of fees.

The only extras are the ones you order, priced in advance

• Items over 250 lb or needing specialty handling (piano, safe, pool table): weight decides how many movers are needed, so we agree a fixed charge in writing before the move.
• Kitchen and fragile packing: bubble wrap, packing paper and boxes are agreed with quantity and price in writing. Shrink wrap, tape and blankets are always included at no charge.

Nothing is added on moving day without your agreement in writing.

Our no-hidden-fees guarantee

Before moving day, we text you your crew, both minute rates and anything you have ordered separately. If any charge appears on your final bill that is not in that confirmation, you do not pay it. 100%.

See the numbers

These are charges for the stated billable minutes, not predictions of your move’s duration. Separately agreed services for heavier or specialty items are not included.

Compare the total, not the hourly rate

A low advertised hourly rate does not tell you what you will pay. Minimum hours, billing blocks and separate fees can add up quickly.

Example: a two-hour move with two movers

The $110/hour company is an illustration, not a specific mover or a market average. When you compare, ask every company for the full total with all fees, not just the hourly rate.

Confirmed before moving day

We confirm your crew size, both minute rates, arrival window, the agreed scope and any separately agreed services or charges by text before moving day.

Our arrival-window promise

If your crew arrives after the confirmed arrival window, you receive 10% off the total billable amount for that move.

Tell us what’s moving.

Share your pickup and delivery locations, preferred date and what you need moved. Include stairs, access details and any heavier or specialty items so we can confirm the scope.

No 3-hour minimum. Everything included. No hidden fees, guaranteed.