Moving cost
Moving from Boston to Las Vegas: modeled cost
Moving a 3-bedroom home the 2,700 mi from Boston to Las Vegas models at $9,750, inside a $8,500 to $11,300 range. Boston carries the higher crew-labour index. Our pricing model produces that from published assumptions; a surveyed quote can land outside it.
Below is what our model produces for this corridor and, more usefully, why it produces it: the costly half of this move is the pickup end, which is where the model puts the weighted service cost. The inputs are a 8,150 lb weight profile, 2,700 mi of modeled road, and labour indices of 1.20 and 1.00.
Estimated full-service moving cost · 3 bedroom
$8,500–$11,300
Estimated range. Our model’s midpoint for this profile is $9,750.
- Distance
- 2,700 mi est.
- Transit
- 6 to 14 days
- Shipment
- 6,800–9,500 lbs
- Method
- Full service
What the model produces for Boston → Las Vegas
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Modeled range, 3-bedroom | $8,500–$11,300 | Full service, off-peak, no packing |
| Midpoint | $9,750 | 2,700 mi, 8,150 lb assumed |
| Cost per mile | $3.61 | Cohort median $3.90 |
| Transit window | 6 to 14 days | Shared-trailer scheduling assumption |
| Line haul | $7,700 | 79% of the total |
| Crew time, both ends | $1,200 | 12% of the total |
| Transport and handling | $850 | 9% of the total |
The costly half of this move is the pickup end, which is where the model puts the weighted service cost
Boston is the expensive labor market on this pair: 1.20 on the index against 1.00 in Las Vegas, a 20.0% spread.
Loading is weighted at 60% in the crew calculation, which is why that spread arrives almost intact: $240 out of $1,200.
Which is why the reverse leg is not a mirror of this page, and why crew hours saved in Boston are worth more than the same hours saved in Las Vegas.
How it compares with routes of the same length
Set against 909 modeled routes of similar length, this one sits $650 above the $9,100 median — the 82nd percentile. Mileage is controlled for in that comparison, so the premium is coming from the two metro labor assumptions rather than from the haul.
Three ways to run this move
The $5,950 between the top and bottom row is bought entirely with your own labour across 6 to 14 days. Set against the roughly 18 person-hours our profile assumes for loading and unloading a three-bedroom shipment, the container option values that work at about $200 an hour.
| Method | Modeled midpoint | Against full service | What you do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full service | $9,750 | — | Carrier loads, drives, unloads |
| Container | $6,150 | −$3,600 | You load; carrier drives |
| Rental truck | $3,800 | −$5,950 | You load and drive |
Cost by shipment size
$13,050 separates the smallest and largest profiles here. Because weight enters line haul linearly across 2,700 mi, cutting a bedroom's worth of contents is worth about $3,250 — more than any negotiation on the $9,750 midpoint is likely to produce.
| Home size | Modeled midpoint | Step from previous |
|---|---|---|
| 1 BR | $4,450 | — |
| 2 BR | $6,650 | +$2,200 |
| 3 BR | $9,750 | +$3,100 |
| 4 BR | $13,000 | +$3,250 |
| 5+ BR | $17,500 | +$4,500 |
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Questions about this route
Which end of this move is the expensive one?
Boston in our model: it carries a labor index of 1.20 against 1.00 at the other end. Because the model weights the loading end at 60%, that gap lands on the estimate at close to full force.
How long does a Boston to Las Vegas move take?
Our model assumes 6 to 14 days between pickup and delivery for 2,700 miles, and at this distance a carrier is likely to give you a delivery spread rather than a fixed date, because the shipment is assumed to share trailer space. Loading itself sits inside that window, not before it.
What would driving a rental truck Boston to Las Vegas model at?
$3,800, which is 61% below the full-service midpoint of $9,750. That figure covers the truck, equipment and fuel across 2,700 miles. It does not cover the 6 or so days of driving, lodging on the way, or the loading work at both ends.
Why does this route model higher than other moves of the same distance?
Against 909 comparable cross-country move models the midpoint here sits around the 82nd percentile, about 7.1% above the $9,100 median. Distance is held roughly constant in that comparison, so the difference comes from the labor indices we hold for Boston (1.20) and Las Vegas (1.00).
What is the cost per mile on this route?
About $3.61 per mile at the modeled midpoint, against a median of $3.90 across comparable cross-country move models. Per-mile figures are only useful for comparing corridors — within a single move, weight moves the total far more than mileage does.
What this estimate cannot see
Our model does not know your stairs, your elevator reservation, your real inventory, or a carrier's capacity on your date. Use the range as the figure to check written quotes against, and read the method behind it in our pricing methodology.
Modeled with pricing pricing-v1.0. Reviewed 2026-08-31.