State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In Kentucky, $42,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 6.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.9%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
-12.2%
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
Kentucky
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $42,770
- p25
- $35,510
- p75
- $46,830
- p10
- $30,890
- p90
- $49,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.