State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Massachusetts, $44,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 2.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.9%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $44,920
- p25
- $38,920
- p75
- $49,190
- p10
- $36,470
- p90
- $58,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.