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We got relocated by my company so they paid for our moving costs. They only moved one of our cars so we had to pay out of pocket for the second car which was $1000. I'm not sure exactly how much my moving costs were but I found out later that my company covered up to $10k. I highly doubt we used all of that.

My friend moved from Miami to San Francisco and I believe they sold all of their belongings (TV, furniture) on craigslist and bought things they needed in their new town. They are minimalist, though. They were able to live in a one bedroom apt.

Have you thought about using one of those movable pods to move your stuff?

When I last moved out of state with a 1-bedroom apt sized truck it was definitely at least 1k, and that was almost 7 years ago. And that was doing it myself (rented Ryder truck, driving it myself, packing/unpacking with friends).

We paid for our move and it was probably 3 or 4k when said and done. And we didn't hire movers. We moved from a smaller house so we didn't hire movers, but the cost of gas, rental truck, hotel alone were 2k+, plus all the extra expenses of time off, boxes, packing supplies, security deposit, etc. Miserable. Don't look forward to the next time we do it. (We moved IN to FL.)

My company moved me out of state in 2005 and for a one bedroom apartment they listed it on my W2 as costing $18K - yikes! I think that included a lot of other expenses though, I didn't get a breakout of what the movers actually charged. And they covered a few months of my rent on my current lease and a lot of other misc. fees as well. I think they even recorded some vacation days as 'move days' which added to the total.

If I were moving back today and going to hire movers, I would expect to pay them around $2-$3K and then have other costs associated with the move like move out fees, storage rentals, security deposits (if it's a rental), etc.

I paid just under $10k for an international move that consisted of packing, driving the goods to the port, shipping in a container, unloading at the port, driving to the destination and unloading. In total it was about 40 boxes (1 BR apt).

So, I'd shop around and get a few quotes for prices. If you call, they can usually give you an estimate right over the phone without seeing the actual goods.