State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In South Carolina, $37,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $37,530
- p25
- $34,760
- p75
- $44,480
- p10
- $29,830
- p90
- $48,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.