Industrial truck & tractor operators

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Total Workforce

624k

Average Age

40.3

Average Salary

$34,809

Average Male Salary

$34,984

Average Female Salary

$32,876

About

Industrial truck & tractor operators are most often employed by the Warehousing & storage industry. The average yearly wage for Industrial truck & tractor operators was $34,809 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Industrial truck & tractor operators by wage are Refuse & recyclable material collectors, Automotive glass installers & repairers, and Couriers & messengers.

Industrial truck & tractor operators are part of the Material Moving Occupations, along with Industrial truck & tractor operators, Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Machine feeders & offbearers, Packers & packagers, hand, and 5 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Industrial truck & tractor operators are Whitfield County PUMA, GA, Henry County (South)McDonough City PUMA, GA, and Houston (East), Galena Park, Jacinto Cities & Cloverleaf PUMA, TX. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Industrial truck & tractor operators are Whitfield County PUMA, GA, Logan, Polk, Franklin, Sevier, Howard & Scott Counties PUMA, AR, and Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Industrial truck & tractor operators and on wages and locations for those in the field. Warehousing & storage is the industry that employs the most Industrial truck & tractor operators, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Industrial truck & tractor operators, by average wage, is Support activities for mining. Industrial truck & tractor operators are paid most in Madison County (East) PUMA, IL but are relatively concentrated in Whitfield County PUMA, GA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$34,809

AVERAGE SALARY

± $681

In 2018, Industrial truck & tractor operators earned an average of $34,809, $19,079 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Refuse & recyclable material collectors make somewhat more than Industrial truck & tractor operators while Automotive glass installers & repairers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Industrial truck & tractor operators as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.27

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Industrial truck & tractor operators had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.27, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Industrial truck & tractor operators (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Industrial truck & tractor operators.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Industrial truck & tractor operators

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Industrial truck & tractor operators.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Industrial truck & tractor operators, by number of employees, are Warehousing & storage, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, and Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Industrial truck & tractor operators, by average wage, are Pharmacies & drug stores, Support activities for mining, Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers, Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores , and Postal Service.

Industries by Share

624k

2018 Workforce

± 19,360

1.33%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.34%

The number of people employed as Industrial truck & tractor operators has been growing at a rate of 1.33%, from 616,214 people in 2017 to 624,414 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Industrial truck & tractor operators employed by various industries. Warehousing & storage employs the largest share of Industrial truck & tractor operators at 15.3%, followed by Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 5.41% and Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers with 4.37%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Industrial truck & tractor operators in the US. The average age of male Industrial truck & tractor operators in the workforce is 40.1 and of female Industrial truck & tractor operators is 41.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Industrial truck & tractor operators is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

573k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 18,545

51.7k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 5,580

91.7% of Industrial truck & tractor operators are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Industrial truck & tractor operators.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Industrial truck & tractor operators

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

42.4% of Industrial truck & tractor operators are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 23.7% of Industrial truck & tractor operators, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Industrial truck & tractor operators.

Age by Gender

40.1

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.412

41.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.39

The median age of Industrial truck & tractor operators is 40.3, and Male employees are generally 1.56 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Industrial truck & tractor operators from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Industrial truck & tractor operators is Business but a relatively high number of Industrial truck & tractor operators hold a major in Agriculture.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Industrial truck & tractor operators from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Industrial truck & tractor operators need many skills, but most especially Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, and Coordination. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Industrial truck & tractor operators need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Operation and Control, and Repairing.