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State comparison · 2025

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania

Occupation

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
See full breakdown for District of Columbia

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
See full breakdown for Pennsylvania

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.