State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs South Dakota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In South Dakota, $38,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
District of Columbia vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
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
South Dakota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,980
- p25
- $35,200
- p75
- $46,380
- p10
- $31,340
- p90
- $50,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.