• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

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).

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National estimates for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Industry profile for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Geographic profile for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

National estimates for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
758,290	0.7 %	$ 19.69	$ 40,950	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 14.36	$ 17.31	$ 18.45	$ 22.71	$ 25.50
Annual Wage (2)	$ 29,860	$ 36,000	$ 38,380	$ 47,230	$ 53,040

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Industry profile for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Warehousing and Storage	310,840	18.76	$ 20.19	$ 41,990
Employment Services	73,170	2.10	$ 16.40	$ 34,110
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)	31,190	2.28	$ 18.83	$ 39,170
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	23,500	2.53	$ 19.78	$ 41,140
Truck Transportation	21,850	1.46	$ 21.47	$ 44,650

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Warehousing and Storage	310,840	18.76	$ 20.19	$ 41,990
Sawmills and Wood Preservation	7,130	8.10	$ 17.34	$ 36,060
Support Activities for Water Transportation	4,640	5.17	$ 28.41	$ 59,090
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	8,490	4.97	$ 18.62	$ 38,720
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	12,770	4.89	$ 19.91	$ 41,420

Top paying industries for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	160	0.13	$ 38.50	$ 80,080
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	510	0.14	$ 35.99	$ 74,860
Coal Mining	(8)	(8)	$ 35.34	$ 73,500
Metal Ore Mining	80	0.20	$ 31.46	$ 65,430
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	530	0.11	$ 29.23	$ 60,800

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Geographic profile for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	115,920	7.01	1.30	$ 20.69	$ 43,040
Texas	82,300	6.73	1.25	$ 18.39	$ 38,260
Georgia	45,040	10.29	1.91	$ 18.71	$ 38,930
Florida	37,240	4.33	0.80	$ 19.30	$ 40,150
Pennsylvania	36,230	6.49	1.21	$ 19.82	$ 41,220

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Delaware	5,480	12.59	2.34	$ 22.82	$ 47,470
Georgia	45,040	10.29	1.91	$ 18.71	$ 38,930
Indiana	24,610	8.25	1.53	$ 19.27	$ 40,080
Arkansas	9,050	7.60	1.41	$ 17.68	$ 36,780
Mississippi	7,830	7.11	1.32	$ 16.64	$ 34,600

Top paying states for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Hawaii	570	1.05	0.19	$ 29.06	$ 60,450
District of Columbia	90	0.14	0.03	$ 25.31	$ 52,640
Alaska	670	2.26	0.42	$ 24.35	$ 50,650
Wyoming	710	2.72	0.50	$ 23.57	$ 49,020
Rhode Island	480	1.04	0.19	$ 23.19	$ 48,230

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	46,930	30.67	5.70	$ 20.63	$ 42,900
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	35,560	9.91	1.84	$ 19.16	$ 39,860
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	24,880	9.61	1.79	$ 19.87	$ 41,320
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	23,690	5.60	1.04	$ 21.29	$ 44,280
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	22,030	3.85	0.72	$ 20.08	$ 41,760
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	21,810	2.51	0.47	$ 22.27	$ 46,330
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	19,730	6.81	1.27	$ 18.67	$ 38,840
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	14,710	6.95	1.29	$ 20.09	$ 41,790
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	14,180	7.87	1.46	$ 21.65	$ 45,030
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	12,130	4.57	0.85	$ 21.50	$ 44,720

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Stockton-Lodi, CA	9,870	38.50	7.15	$ 21.25	$ 44,210
Dalton, GA	2,040	32.60	6.06	$ 16.46	$ 34,240
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	46,930	30.67	5.70	$ 20.63	$ 42,900
Danville, IL	710	28.26	5.25	$ 19.99	$ 41,580
Winchester, VA-WV	1,380	22.26	4.14	$ 19.73	$ 41,030
Harrisonburg, VA	1,370	22.24	4.13	$ 21.09	$ 43,870
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA	1,160	20.46	3.80	$ 18.54	$ 38,550
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	4,870	20.43	3.80	$ 19.24	$ 40,020
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA	4,790	20.15	3.74	$ 18.94	$ 39,400
Dover, DE	1,280	20.13	3.74	(8)	(8)