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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand Salary in District of Columbia

Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia earn a median annual salary of $45,140, which is +15.9% compared to the national median. There are 1,210 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for District of Columbia (state).

$45,140
District of Columbia median annual wage
$22/hour median
+15.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $38,940
1,210
Local employment
1.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.09
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$36,880
25th
$39,590
Median
$45,140
75th
$52,190
90th
$69,380

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in District of Columbia, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
109.9%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$41,073
Goods: 106.5%
Services: 112.8%
Rents: 155.0%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Washington$45,850Compare50,310
Alaska$45,720Compare3,680
Minnesota$45,440Compare56,030
Colorado$45,210Compare31,580
Massachusetts$45,070Compare35,620
North Dakota$44,630Compare10,140

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in District of Columbia

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Obstetricians And Gynecologists$236,6101.00
Physicians, Pathologists$228,3001.21
Family Medicine Physicians$212,830N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians$209,2502.01
Psychiatrists$193,4702.12
Lawyers$191,8809.73
Computer And Information Systems Managers$191,8801.70
Nuclear Engineers$189,8003.50

District of Columbia has salary data for 499 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Obstetricians And Gynecologists.

Historical series

Trend for Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand in District of Columbia

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Laborers And Freight, Stock, And Material Movers, Hand are projected to change by +1.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 384,300 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.