State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Louisiana vs Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Louisiana, $35,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Louisiana vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-14.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $35,340
- p25
- $29,350
- p75
- $41,870
- p10
- $24,150
- p90
- $46,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.