State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs Montana
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Montana, $43,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.6%
Minnesota vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
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
Montana
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $43,840
- p25
- $36,610
- p75
- $46,670
- p10
- $32,400
- p90
- $53,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.