State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs Missouri
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Missouri, $39,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
Minnesota vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+9.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Missouri
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $39,080
- p25
- $35,080
- p75
- $45,730
- p10
- $30,380
- p90
- $52,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.