State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In New Jersey, $39,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 15.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.7%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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
New Jersey
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $39,540
- p25
- $35,910
- p75
- $46,770
- p10
- $33,350
- p90
- $55,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.