State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs North Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In North Carolina, $38,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.1%
Minnesota vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
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
North Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,230
- p25
- $35,030
- p75
- $44,470
- p10
- $30,010
- p90
- $47,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.