State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs South Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In South Carolina, $37,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
Minnesota vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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
South Carolina
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $37,530
- p25
- $34,760
- p75
- $44,480
- p10
- $29,830
- p90
- $48,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.