State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Iowa vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Iowa, $43,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 5.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.8%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $43,490
- p25
- $37,420
- p75
- $48,390
- p10
- $32,790
- p90
- $53,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.