State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Rhode Island, $41,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.6% — not 9.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.7%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $41,690
- p25
- $36,050
- p75
- $48,250
- p10
- $31,700
- p90
- $58,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.