Occupational Employment Statistics
53-7051 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location. Excludes “Logging Equipment Operators" (45-4022).
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Southwest Minnesota
| 600 | 54 | $25.86/hr | $18.10/hr | $21.60/hr | $24.96/hr | $30.83/hr | $30.83/hr |
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Minnesota
| 7,380 | 317 | $25.98/hr | $18.54/hr | $20.55/hr | $23.78/hr | $30.64/hr | $37.94/hr |
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U S
| 778,920 | 3,895 | $23.00/hr | $17.73/hr | $19.25/hr | $22.37/hr | $25.16/hr | $30.11/hr |
| Natural Resources and Mining | N/A | N/A |
| Construction | 110 | $33.66/hr |
| Manufacturing | 2,060 | $23.61/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 4,380 | $25.44/hr |
| Information | N/A | N/A |
| Professional and Business Services | 780 | $21.17/hr |
| Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
| Leisure and Hospitality | N/A | N/A |
| Public Administration | 20 | $27.13/hr |
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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 54,740 | $22.28/hr | 6.7% |
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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
| 7,020 | $37.67/hr | 9.9% |
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Helpers--Extraction Workers
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Tree Trimmers and Pruners
| N/A | $29.77/hr | N/A |
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Helpers--Production Workers
| 3,150 | $19.57/hr | -6.3% |
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Crane and Tower Operators
| 170 | $36.60/hr | 3.7% |
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Light Truck Drivers
| 17,290 | $23.39/hr | 9.1% |
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Hoist and Winch Operators
| 100 | $50.99/hr | -12.5% |
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Rail Yard Engineers, Donkey Operators, and Hostlers
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
- Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, or elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, or stack material.
- Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
- Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
- Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
- Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
- Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
- Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
- Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
- Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.