State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs North Dakota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In North Dakota, $45,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.6% — not 1.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.3%
Minnesota vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-8.6%
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 Dakota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $45,690
- p25
- $38,470
- p75
- $49,580
- p10
- $34,940
- p90
- $59,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.