State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Iowa vs Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Iowa, $43,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 6%.
Nominal pay gap
-6%
Iowa vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $43,490
- p25
- $37,420
- p75
- $48,390
- p10
- $32,790
- p90
- $53,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.