State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs New Mexico
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In New Mexico, $37,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.3%
Minnesota vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+16.2%
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 Mexico
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $37,230
- p25
- $31,790
- p75
- $43,800
- p10
- $28,510
- p90
- $50,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.