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
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Southwest Balance of State62095$21.96/hr$0.81/hr$15.89/hr$17.83/hr$21.71/hr$24.84/hr$29.13/hr
Minnesota 8,430455$22.31/hr$0.54/hr$15.56/hr$17.61/hr$21.15/hr$25.54/hr$33.22/hr
U S 629,2706,293$18.65/hr$0.06/hr$12.82/hr$14.78/hr$17.80/hr$21.80/hr$26.19/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Manufacturing400$22.08/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities190$19.90/hr
Construction20$24.83/hr
Other Regional Data For Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 5,130 $21.45/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 900 $20.75/hr N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 700 $19.59/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 670 $18.86/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 620 $21.71/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 470 $18.34/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
Rochester MN MSA 260 $21.51/hr N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 230 $21.75/hr N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 120 $19.77/hr N/A
Northeast Balance of State 60 $18.64/hr N/A
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