Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

53-7051 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Occupational Description:
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).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2024

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	7,380	317	$25.98/hr	$18.54/hr	$20.55/hr	$23.78/hr	$30.64/hr	$37.94/hr

Leading Industries for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
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

Other Regional Data for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Northeast Balance of State	80	$23.76/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	120	$23.37/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	130	$22.88/hr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	140	$22.96/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	160	$22.96/hr	-1.2%
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	190	$21.52/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	240	N/A	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	310	$24.65/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	340	$22.62/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	350	$22.43/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	390	$22.62/hr	8.9%
Fargo ND-MN MSA	410	$20.84/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	600	$24.96/hr	6.6%
Central Minnesota	660	$23.19/hr	13.6%
Southeast Minnesota	810	$22.22/hr	8.3%
Southeast Balance of State	820	$22.22/hr	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	4,630	$24.65/hr	3.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	4,930	$24.58/hr	N/A
Minnesota	7,380	$23.78/hr	5.0%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2022-2032
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	54,740	$22.28/hr	6.7%
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	7,020	$37.67/hr	9.9%
Helpers--Extraction Workers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	N/A	$29.77/hr	N/A
Helpers--Production Workers	3,150	$19.57/hr	-6.3%
Crane and Tower Operators	170	$36.60/hr	3.7%
Light Truck Drivers	17,290	$23.39/hr	9.1%
Hoist and Winch Operators	100	$50.99/hr	-12.5%
Rail Yard Engineers, Donkey Operators, and Hostlers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers	N/A	N/A	N/A

Task for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

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.