State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs Rhode Island
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Rhode Island, $41,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
+11%
Minnesota vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+15.2%
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
Rhode Island
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $41,690
- p25
- $36,050
- p75
- $48,250
- p10
- $31,700
- p90
- $58,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.