State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Maine vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Maine, $42,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.7% — not 7.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.7%
Maine vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+1.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $42,640
- p25
- $36,690
- p75
- $46,720
- p10
- $32,550
- p90
- $55,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.