State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Arkansas, $35,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 22.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.2%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.2%
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
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.