State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington earn a median of $46,190. In Wisconsin, $44,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 3.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.5%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
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
Wisconsin
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $44,610
- p25
- $37,510
- p75
- $48,500
- p10
- $33,260
- p90
- $57,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.