State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Illinois vs Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Illinois, $40,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 12.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.4%
Illinois vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $40,550
- p25
- $35,890
- p75
- $47,560
- p10
- $31,780
- p90
- $55,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.