Highest-paying Cities for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

The top 100 highest paying cities for industrial truck and tractor operators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of industrial truck and tractor operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $64,230, Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska is the highest paying city for industrial truck and tractor operators. It is followed by Urban Honolulu, Hawaii (average annual salary $60,700). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of industrial truck and tractor operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$64,230	$41,320	110
2	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$60,700	$37,380	430
3	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$60,430	$40,510	50
4	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$60,040	$34,030	570
5	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$59,840	$41,850	120
6	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$58,140	$47,130	40
7	Garrett County, Maryland	$57,670	$34,460	50
8	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$55,780	$36,500	230
9	West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$53,990	$26,860	60
10	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$52,920	$38,120	240
11	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$52,550	$37,210	300
12	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$52,480	$38,180	50
13	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$52,390	$26,790	70
14	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$51,960	$31,860	100
15	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$50,770	$31,380	320
16	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$50,760	$39,340	350
17	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$50,480	$30,140	410
18	Dover, Delaware	$50,440	$36,670	1,210
19	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$50,410	$32,650	1,360
20	Anchorage, Alaska	$50,260	$38,990	280
21	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$50,250	$35,730	50
22	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$50,160	$35,670	1,450
23	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,050	$39,460	6,360
24	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$50,000	$37,500	860
25	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$49,770	$34,860	60
26	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$49,630	$39,610	1,710
27	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$49,600	$37,500	730
28	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$49,270	$37,280	390
29	Glens Falls, New York	$49,240	$35,360	140
30	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$49,230	$30,410	800
31	Lewiston, Washington	$49,190	$38,320	60
32	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$49,140	$33,910	130
33	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$49,130	$31,990	680
34	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$48,900	$38,280	780
35	Salt Lake City, Utah	$48,700	$35,960	3,730
36	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$48,670	$38,730	1,170
37	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$48,570	$35,690	160
38	Fairbanks, Alaska	$48,430	$35,730	40
39	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$48,320	$33,980	2,030
40	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$48,080	$37,520	90
41	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$47,940	$34,910	570
42	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$47,900	$33,600	1,440
43	Hammond, Louisiana	$47,850	$29,190	670
44	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$47,830	$34,780	130
45	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,820	$38,690	9,170
46	Richmond, Virginia	$47,780	$32,030	4,530
47	Napa, California	$47,660	$39,950	490
48	Central Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$47,640	$19,520	30
49	Beckley, West Virginia	$47,400	$28,820	80
50	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$47,320	$32,190	370
51	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$47,240	$36,710	1,940
52	Clarksville, Tennessee	$47,180	$31,650	820
53	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$47,120	$32,080	350
54	Stockton, California	$47,070	$37,080	7,290
55	Longview, Washington	$47,060	$34,530	290
56	Visalia-Porterville, California	$47,040	$34,800	2,020
57	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$47,010	$39,540	1,840
58	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$46,920	$32,070	4,640
59	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$46,900	$30,520	590
60	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$46,860	$33,450	70
61	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$46,830	$36,300	3,820
62	Peabody, Massachusetts	$46,820	$32,290	60
63	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$46,700	$35,090	1,320
64	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$46,640	$31,960	170
65	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$46,630	$32,380	700
66	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$46,600	$36,000	3,650
67	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$46,560	$36,580	3,720
68	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$46,540	$36,750	570
69	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$46,420	$36,760	1,140
70	Danbury, Connecticut	$46,400	$34,120	100
71	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$46,310	$31,370	720
72	St Louis, Missouri	$46,130	$34,740	7,080
73	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$46,120	$34,930	2,770
74	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$46,080	$29,750	5,500
75	Winchester, West Virginia	$46,040	$36,530	1,680
76	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$45,980	$38,410	36,880
77	Medford, Oregon	$45,890	$31,690	370
78	Lawton, Oklahoma	$45,850	$33,780	240
79	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$45,840	$36,610	700
80	Waterbury, Connecticut	$45,810	$35,110	70
81	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$45,800	$34,590	780
82	Warner Robins, Georgia	$45,760	$29,720	370
83	Boulder, Colorado	$45,760	$35,320	270
84	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$45,720	$35,580	300
85	Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia	$45,720	$25,800	170
86	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$45,720	$34,340	12,630
87	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$45,680	$33,540	1,390
88	Modesto, California	$45,620	$35,470	1,910
89	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$45,560	$30,150	380
90	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$45,540	$36,810	530
91	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$45,520	$35,260	110
92	Danville, Illinois	$45,450	$39,420	390
93	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$45,390	$34,390	2,110
94	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$45,380	$37,050	570
95	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$45,350	$36,770	90
96	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$45,200	$35,710	5,650
97	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$45,160	$32,480	910
98	Owensboro, Kentucky	$45,120	$33,490	360
99	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$45,110	$27,720	60
100	Columbus, Ohio	$45,100	$37,090	13,510

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