State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Montana vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Montana, $43,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 5.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.1%
Montana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+7.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $43,840
- p25
- $36,610
- p75
- $46,670
- p10
- $32,400
- p90
- $53,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.