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State comparison · 2025

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia

Occupation

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In Arkansas, $35,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 21.5%.

Nominal pay gap
-21.5%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-0.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Arkansas

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Median
$35,920
p25
$30,280
p75
$41,750
p10
$28,090
p90
$45,920
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
86.9
See full breakdown for Arkansas

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
See full breakdown for District of Columbia

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.