State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: California vs Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In California, $44,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 3.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.4%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $44,710
- p25
- $37,890
- p75
- $48,950
- p10
- $36,060
- p90
- $57,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.