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 2023

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southwest Minnesota	610	54	$23.12/hr	$17.10/hr	$19.80/hr	$23.57/hr	$26.47/hr	$26.59/hr

Leading Industries for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining	50	$35.46/hr
Construction	200	$38.50/hr
Manufacturing	2,710	$22.14/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	3,450	$23.28/hr
Information	N/A	N/A
Professional and Business Services	530	$19.23/hr
Education and Health Services	N/A	N/A
Public Administration	N/A	$25.44/hr

Other Regional Data for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Northeast Balance of State	60	$22.35/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	130	$20.88/hr	N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA	160	$21.88/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	160	$22.05/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	170	$22.45/hr	2.7%
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	210	$18.83/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	240	$26.47/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	300	$21.25/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	350	$23.57/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	400	$19.50/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	530	$22.79/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	570	$22.79/hr	4.8%
Southwest Minnesota	610	$23.57/hr	3.6%
Central Minnesota	680	$21.48/hr	4.6%
Southeast Balance of State	770	$20.54/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	790	$20.58/hr	5.7%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	4,080	$22.47/hr	4.2%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	4,440	$22.48/hr	N/A
Minnesota	7,010	$22.33/hr	4.0%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2020-2030
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	53,370	$19.92/hr	6.5%
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	7,520	$37.19/hr	4.6%
Helpers--Extraction Workers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	N/A	$30.50/hr	6.8%
Helpers--Production Workers	4,870	$18.65/hr	-3.7%
Crane and Tower Operators	200	$34.21/hr	4.0%
Light Truck Drivers	20,120	$22.39/hr	6.3%
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hoist and Winch Operators	80	$50.90/hr	-14.6%
Rail Yard Engineers, Donkey Operators, and Hostlers	160	$32.51/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.