State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In New Mexico, $37,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.4%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $37,230
- p25
- $31,790
- p75
- $43,800
- p10
- $28,510
- p90
- $50,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.