State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In Alabama, $36,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.8%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-0.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $36,670
- p25
- $30,700
- p75
- $44,170
- p10
- $26,850
- p90
- $47,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
District of Columbia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $45,740
- p25
- $40,200
- p75
- $52,000
- p10
- $37,550
- p90
- $62,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.