State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In West Virginia, $36,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.9%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+4.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
West Virginia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $36,990
- p25
- $31,150
- p75
- $44,540
- p10
- $27,270
- p90
- $50,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.