State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs North Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In North Carolina, $38,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 19.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.6%
District of Columbia vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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
North Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,230
- p25
- $35,030
- p75
- $44,470
- p10
- $30,010
- p90
- $47,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.