The crew-rate index only adjusts labor (loading, unloading and hourly crew rates). Distance still comes from each city's own coordinates with our usual road-distance adjustment, and the line-haul rates are the same for every city.
The four methods
| Method | When it applies | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Priced metro | The city is one of the metros our model prices directly, so we use that metro's crew-rate index exactly. | 81 |
| Nearest metro | No direct price, but a priced metro is within 75 miles. We use that metro's index, since crews there serve the city. | 448 |
| State average | No priced metro nearby, but the state has at least one. We use the population-weighted average index of the state's priced metros. | 67 |
| National baseline | Neither applies. We use the national baseline index of 1.00. | 12 |
What you will see on a page
Pages that don't use a city's own metro index say so in one line next to the estimate, for example:
- Crew rates for Brooklyn use the New York market index (5 mi away).
- Crew rates for El Paso use the Texas average of the metros we price.
- Crew rates for Wichita use our national baseline because we price no metro in Kansas.
The full model is described in our pricing methodology.