State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Alabama vs Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Alabama, $36,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.8%
Alabama vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $36,670
- p25
- $30,700
- p75
- $44,170
- p10
- $26,850
- p90
- $47,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $46,280
- p25
- $39,110
- p75
- $52,070
- p10
- $35,750
- p90
- $61,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.