State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Michigan vs Minnesota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Michigan, $38,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
-16%
Michigan vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-13.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,860
- p25
- $35,730
- p75
- $46,390
- p10
- $30,220
- p90
- $52,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.