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).
Southwest Minnesota
| 720 | 56 | $23.01/hr | $18.55/hr | $19.69/hr | $23.39/hr | $25.14/hr | $28.91/hr |
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 |
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 |
- 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.