State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Georgia vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Georgia, $38,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,480
- p25
- $34,970
- p75
- $46,100
- p10
- $30,100
- p90
- $50,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $46,190
- p25
- $40,300
- p75
- $51,230
- p10
- $37,350
- p90
- $60,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.