State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs Virginia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In Virginia, $39,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.5%
Minnesota vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+20.5%
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
Virginia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $39,380
- p25
- $35,870
- p75
- $47,210
- p10
- $31,050
- p90
- $53,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.