State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs South Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In South Carolina, $37,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.9%
District of Columbia vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
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
South Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $37,530
- p25
- $34,760
- p75
- $44,480
- p10
- $29,830
- p90
- $48,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.