State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In Pennsylvania, $42,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 7.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.7%
District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
-4.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $42,480
- p25
- $36,620
- p75
- $47,690
- p10
- $32,240
- p90
- $56,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.