State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: California vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In California, $44,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 3.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.2%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
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
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.