State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Louisiana vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Louisiana, $35,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.5%
Louisiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $35,340
- p25
- $29,350
- p75
- $41,870
- p10
- $24,150
- p90
- $46,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.