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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand pay in Georgia and Minnesota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is $38,480 per year in Georgia. It is $46,280 per year in Minnesota. Georgia is 16.9% below Minnesota on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7062 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 137,580 wage and salary jobs in Georgia and 54,480 in Minnesota. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings