State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Pennsylvania, $42,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.9%
Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+7.8%
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
Pennsylvania
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $42,480
- p25
- $36,620
- p75
- $47,690
- p10
- $32,240
- p90
- $56,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.