State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs Indiana
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In Indiana, $41,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 10.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.6%
District of Columbia vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Indiana
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $41,340
- p25
- $36,390
- p75
- $46,910
- p10
- $31,040
- p90
- $52,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.