State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs South Dakota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In South Dakota, $38,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.7%
Minnesota vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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 Dakota
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,980
- p25
- $35,200
- p75
- $46,380
- p10
- $31,340
- p90
- $50,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.