State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In New Jersey, $39,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.2% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
+17%
Minnesota vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+29.2%
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
New Jersey
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $39,540
- p25
- $35,910
- p75
- $46,770
- p10
- $33,350
- p90
- $55,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.