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
| 490 | 50 | $26.15/hr | $17.85/hr | $20.90/hr | $25.85/hr | $31.11/hr | $36.15/hr |
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Minnesota
| 7,470 | 456 | $25.66/hr | $18.58/hr | $21.32/hr | $23.59/hr | $29.07/hr | $35.48/hr |
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U S
| 805,770 | 4,835 | $23.30/hr | $17.78/hr | $19.38/hr | $22.60/hr | $26.15/hr | $29.98/hr |
| Natural Resources and Mining | N/A | N/A |
| Construction | 50 | $32.69/hr |
| Manufacturing | 1,930 | $23.44/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 4,730 | $23.59/hr |
| Information | N/A | N/A |
| Financial Activities | N/A | N/A |
| Professional and Business Services | 580 | $21.62/hr |
| Public Administration | 90 | $18.47/hr |
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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 56,030 | $22.13/hr | 6.7% |
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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
| 8,290 | $38.50/hr | 9.9% |
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Helpers--Extraction Workers
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Tree Trimmers and Pruners
| 140 | $33.26/hr | N/A |
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Helpers--Production Workers
| 3,040 | $20.65/hr | -6.3% |
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Crane and Tower Operators
| 170 | $32.79/hr | 3.7% |
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Light Truck Drivers
| 18,650 | $23.11/hr | 9.1% |
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Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Hoist and Winch Operators
| 70 | $32.00/hr | -12.5% |
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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.