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).
Southeast Minnesota
| 980 | 119 | $20.80/hr | $16.10/hr | $17.93/hr | $20.76/hr | $23.54/hr | $25.44/hr |
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 |
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% |
- 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.