State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: District of Columbia vs Texas
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median of $45,740. In Texas, $37,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.8%
District of Columbia vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+7.7%
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
Texas
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $37,540
- p25
- $33,280
- p75
- $45,200
- p10
- $29,250
- p90
- $50,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.