State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In North Carolina, $38,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,230
- p25
- $35,030
- p75
- $44,470
- p10
- $30,010
- p90
- $47,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.