State comparison · 2025
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand salary: Minnesota vs West Virginia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Minnesota earn a median of $46,280. In West Virginia, $36,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
Minnesota vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+13.6%
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
West Virginia
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Median
- $36,990
- p25
- $31,150
- p75
- $44,540
- p10
- $27,270
- p90
- $50,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.