State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Alabama vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Alabama, $36,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.6%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
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
Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $46,190
- p25
- $40,300
- p75
- $51,230
- p10
- $37,350
- p90
- $60,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.