DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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, 2013

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	8,680	417	$17.25/hr	$0.21/hr	$11.24/hr	$13.65/hr	$17.00/hr	$20.79/hr	$23.50/hr
U S	496,570	4,469	$15.70/hr	$0.08/hr	$9.97/hr	$11.99/hr	$14.78/hr	$18.44/hr	$22.72/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Manufacturing 3,690 $17.90/hr Trade, Transportation and Utilities 3,600 $16.73/hr Professional and Business Services 1,220 $14.23/hr Construction 90 $16.93/hr Natural Resources and Mining 30 $17.48/hr Education and Health Services 20 $12.22/hr

Other Regional Data For Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change 2010 - 2020 Minnesota 8,680 $17.00/hr 13.0% Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN-WI MSA 4,820 $17.61/hr N/A Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 4,460 $17.73/hr 13.7% Central Minnesota 1,320 $16.96/hr 15.2% Southeast Minnesota 1,150 $16.78/hr 15.7% Southeast Balance of State 1,070 $16.53/hr N/A Southwest Minnesota 1,010 $14.78/hr 10.0% Northwest Minnesota 880 $15.20/hr 10.2% Northwest Balance of State 670 $15.35/hr N/A Southwest Balance of State 660 $14.29/hr N/A Saint Cloud MN MSA 510 $16.34/hr N/A Northeast Minnesota 420 $20.83/hr 10.7% Rochester MN MSA 360 $18.49/hr N/A Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA 280 $15.19/hr N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA 270 $18.71/hr N/A Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA 260 $22.38/hr N/A Northeast Balance of State 180 $16.76/hr N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 170 $14.98/hr N/A Mankato-North Mankato, MN MetroSA 170 $16.90/hr N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change 2010 - 2020
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	42,100	$11.44/hr	9.5%
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	2,450	$17.64/hr	30.5%
Glaziers	550	$20.82/hr	45.3%
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers	110	$20.52/hr	3.4%
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators	N/A	$24.88/hr	-7.0%

• Moves controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
• Hooks tow trucks to trailer hitches and fastens attachments, such as graders, plows, rollers, and winch cables, to tractor, using hitchpins.
• Turns valves and opens chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
• Manually load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, platforms, cars, or lifting devices.
• Weighs materials or products and records weight and other production data on tags or labels.
• Signals workers to discharge, dump, or level materials.
• Operates or tends automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
• Performs routine maintenance on vehicles and auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
• Moves levers and controls to operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams and swivel-hooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, and stack material.
• Positions lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, and boxes, and secures material or products for transport to designated areas.