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 2020

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southeast Minnesota	980	119	$20.80/hr	$16.10/hr	$17.93/hr	$20.76/hr	$23.54/hr	$25.44/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	360	$32.42/hr
Manufacturing	3,220	$20.87/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	4,170	$21.56/hr
Information	N/A	N/A
Financial Activities	N/A	N/A
Professional and Business Services	600	$19.23/hr
Leisure and Hospitality	N/A	N/A
Other Services	20	$18.24/hr
Public Administration	20	$22.74/hr

Other Regional Data for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2016-2026
Northeast Balance of State	60	$18.64/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	120	$19.77/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	180	$22.44/hr	-14.5%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	230	$21.75/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	260	$21.51/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	270	$15.34/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	270	$22.62/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	470	$18.34/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	620	$21.71/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	670	$18.86/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	700	$19.59/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	790	$21.54/hr	12.8%
Northwest Minnesota	840	$18.92/hr	10.5%
Southeast Balance of State	900	$20.75/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	980	$20.76/hr	16.7%
Central Minnesota	1,300	$20.10/hr	4.5%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	4,590	$21.77/hr	6.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	5,130	$21.45/hr	N/A
Minnesota	8,430	$21.15/hr	7.5%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2016-2026
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	45,070	$16.96/hr	5.5%
Helpers--Extraction Workers	50	$20.98/hr	21.3%
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	530	$26.91/hr	N/A
Helpers--Production Workers	7,420	$14.62/hr	14.8%
Crane and Tower Operators	460	$26.04/hr	12.6%
Fence Erectors	290	$19.25/hr	11.6%
Light Truck Drivers	15,680	$18.75/hr	5.6%
Hoist and Winch Operators	110	$44.97/hr	-1.6%
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	840	$28.91/hr	5.1%
Rail Yard Engineers, Donkey Operators, and Hostlers	60	$23.43/hr	6.7%

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.
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.
Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated 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.
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.
Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.