State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: California vs District of Columbia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In California, $44,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 2.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.3%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $44,710
- p25
- $37,890
- p75
- $48,950
- p10
- $36,060
- p90
- $57,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.