State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Maryland vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Maryland, $41,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 9.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.9%
Maryland vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $41,600
- p25
- $36,960
- p75
- $45,760
- p10
- $34,280
- p90
- $55,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.