State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Illinois vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Illinois, $40,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 12.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.2%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $40,550
- p25
- $35,890
- p75
- $47,560
- p10
- $31,780
- p90
- $55,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.