State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs Tennessee
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Tennessee, $38,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.3%
Minnesota vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+13%
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
Tennessee
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $38,160
- p25
- $35,550
- p75
- $44,920
- p10
- $30,230
- p90
- $48,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.