Louisiana prices as the mid-South it is — a touch closer to the East Coast than the West, with the ground tiers holding a narrow spread.
These are not estimates: each figure is a carrier quote pulled 2026-07-27 for the exact box and route named in the tables.
One packed parcel, a 12 × 10 × 6 in box at 5 lb of ordinary household goods, went through the SMKlog calculator twice on 2026-07-27: Newark to New Orleans, then Los Angeles to New Orleans. What the carriers sent back is printed below untouched, and the figure you see is the whole checkout price, label plus SMKlog's charge, with nothing tacked on after.
| Carrier | Service | Price | Quoted transit |
|---|---|---|---|
| USPS | Ground Advantage | $15.12 | 6-7 business days |
| UPS | Ground Saver | $15.49 | 5 business days |
| UPS | Ground | $15.67 | 3-4 business days |
| FedEx | Ground Economy | $16.22 | 6-7 business days |
| UPS | 2nd Day Air | $23.99 | 2-3 business days |
| Carrier | Service | Price | Quoted transit |
|---|---|---|---|
| USPS | Ground Advantage | $15.91 | 6-7 business days |
| UPS | Ground Saver | $16.47 | 6 business days |
| UPS | Ground | $17.00 | 7-8 business days |
| FedEx | Ground Economy | $17.52 | 4-5 business days |
| UPS | 3 Day Select | $25.00 | 3-4 business days |
The floors on 2026-07-27: $15.12 for USPS Ground Advantage out of Newark, $15.91 for the same service out of Los Angeles. Baton Rouge quotes in the same bands as New Orleans. Late summer is the one caveat here, since hurricane-season alerts can stretch delivery windows even while prices hold still. Rates move week to week and your parcel differs from ours, so run your own ZIPs before deciding anything.
Carriers split the country into distance zones and price by the zone between your two ZIPs. That is why the Newark and Los Angeles tables above differ: New Orleans sits closer to the East Coast, so the eastern run starts lower before any tier is chosen.
From June through November, Gulf Coast carrier alerts sometimes pause pickups or add days after a storm. The quoted price rarely changes, but if timing matters in late summer, favor a tier with slack in its window.
A label price does not change with what is inside the box, but your risk does. For items worth real money, add shipping protection at checkout so a lost or crushed parcel becomes a refund instead of a story.
Our 2026-07-27 test box, 12 × 10 × 6 in at 5 lb, started at $15.12 from Newark and $15.91 from Los Angeles, both via USPS Ground Advantage. That number is the full checkout total, label and SMKlog charge combined. A different box or ZIP pair shifts it, so quote yours live.
The window beside each price is what that carrier quoted on 2026-07-27. From Newark they spread widely, UPS Ground at 3-4 business days against 6-7 for the cheapest row; from Los Angeles the cheapest also quoted 6-7. UPS 2nd Day Air shortened it to 2-3 business days for $23.99.
USPS Ground Advantage took the bottom slot from both origins on our run, $15.12 eastbound and $15.91 from the West Coast. Rankings reshuffle as carriers reprice, so compare live on the day you ship rather than trusting a dated table.
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