State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: South Dakota vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In South Dakota, $38,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 15.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.6%
South Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+1.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,980
- p25
- $35,200
- p75
- $46,380
- p10
- $31,340
- p90
- $50,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.