State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Arkansas vs Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Arkansas, $35,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Arkansas vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $35,920
- p25
- $30,280
- p75
- $41,750
- p10
- $28,090
- p90
- $45,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.