State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In New Jersey, $39,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.4%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $39,540
- p25
- $35,910
- p75
- $46,770
- p10
- $33,350
- p90
- $55,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.