State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Michigan vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Michigan, $38,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 15.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.9%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,860
- p25
- $35,730
- p75
- $46,390
- p10
- $30,220
- p90
- $52,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.