Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand · SOC 53-7062
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Salary in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $40,180 per year ($19.32 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,390 at the 10th percentile to $58,820 at the 90th. BLS estimates 500 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in the Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area earn more than $40,180 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $34,800 and $47,330.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $32,390 | $34,800 | $40,180 | $47,330 | $58,820 |
| Hourly | $15.57 | $16.73 | $19.32 | $22.75 | $28.28 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$40,180 median for Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $34,800 to $47,330
- Minnesotastate$46,280 median for Minnesota; middle half earns $39,110 to $52,070
- United Statesnational$40,240 median for United States; middle half earns $36,090 to $46,920
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −13% vs Minnesota overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Minnesota
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan areathis page$40,180 median for Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $34,800 to $47,330
- $47,320 median for Minneapolis metro area; middle half earns $39,960 to $55,940
- $46,360 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $39,860 to $50,480
- $45,480 median for St. Cloud metro area; middle half earns $37,800 to $48,150
- $44,500 median for Mankato metro area; middle half earns $38,360 to $48,120
- $44,080 median for Duluth metro area; middle half earns $37,510 to $47,710
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hands · Highest-paying occupations in Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.