State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Kentucky, $42,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 7.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.4%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $42,770
- p25
- $35,510
- p75
- $46,830
- p10
- $30,890
- p90
- $49,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.