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 2022

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southwest Minnesota	720	56	$23.01/hr	$18.55/hr	$19.69/hr	$23.39/hr	$25.14/hr	$28.91/hr

Leading Industries for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining	40	$32.87/hr
Construction	250	$36.00/hr
Manufacturing	3,370	$22.70/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	3,860	$24.62/hr
Information	N/A	N/A
Financial Activities	N/A	N/A
Professional and Business Services	620	$19.20/hr
Education and Health Services	30	$18.95/hr
Public Administration	10	$26.50/hr

Other Regional Data for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Northeast Balance of State	110	$23.15/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	130	$19.87/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	190	$19.73/hr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	210	$23.78/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	220	$25.02/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	240	$25.14/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	250	$26.03/hr	2.7%
St Cloud MN MSA	340	$19.94/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	490	$20.29/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	580	$19.59/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	630	$19.87/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	670	$19.87/hr	4.8%
Southwest Minnesota	720	$23.39/hr	3.6%
Southeast Balance of State	740	$20.18/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	810	$20.37/hr	5.7%
Central Minnesota	870	$22.66/hr	4.6%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	4,740	$24.62/hr	4.2%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	5,230	$24.62/hr	N/A
Minnesota	8,180	$23.82/hr	4.0%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	44,640	$19.46/hr	6.5%
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	7,960	$32.16/hr	4.6%
Helpers--Extraction Workers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	390	$22.23/hr	6.8%
Helpers--Production Workers	4,430	$15.29/hr	-3.7%
Crane and Tower Operators	280	$32.30/hr	4.0%
Light Truck Drivers	17,800	$24.20/hr	6.3%
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	140	$23.46/hr	N/A
Hoist and Winch Operators	120	$45.70/hr	-14.6%
Rail Yard Engineers, Donkey Operators, and Hostlers	N/A	$31.21/hr	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.