State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Virginia vs Washington
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Virginia, $39,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 14.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.7%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $39,380
- p25
- $35,870
- p75
- $47,210
- p10
- $31,050
- p90
- $53,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.