Pay distribution $40,780 10th $45,620 25th $62,850 75th $77,180 90th
Half of Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in the Washington metro area earn more than $49,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,620 and $62,850.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $40,780 $45,620 $49,710 $62,850 $77,180 Hourly $19.61 $21.93 $23.90 $30.21 $37.11
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Washington metro areathis metro area
$49,710 median for Washington metro area; middle half earns $45,620 to $62,850
$83,720 median for District of Columbia; middle half earns $70,710 to $83,720
$46,420 median for United States; middle half earns $40,030 to $54,770
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −41% vs District of Columbia overall and +7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $23,860 $42,083 $60,307 $78,530 Aguadilla, PR — $23,860 Mayaguez, PR — $27,180 Laredo, TX — $29,710 Eagle Pass, TX — $29,740 Arecibo, PR — $30,350 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $31,500 Rome, GA — $32,760 Ponce, PR — $33,900 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $34,630 Sebring, FL — $35,370 Las Cruces, NM — $35,900 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $36,090 Gadsden, AL — $36,500 Lawton, OK — $36,590 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $36,710 Dothan, AL — $37,140 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $37,170 Albany, GA — $37,250 Columbus, GA-AL — $37,450 Manhattan, KS — $37,450 Sumter, SC — $37,480 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,550 Texarkana, TX-AR — $37,810 Yuma, AZ — $37,820 Hattiesburg, MS — $37,850 Dalton, GA — $37,930 Abilene, TX — $37,970 Beckley, WV — $37,980 Enid, OK — $38,120 San Angelo, TX — $38,340 College Station-Bryan, TX — $38,360 Goldsboro, NC — $38,420 El Paso, TX — $38,520 Jackson, TN — $38,570 Alexandria, LA — $39,010 Bowling Green, KY — $39,110 Tuscaloosa, AL — $39,210 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $39,320 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $39,380 Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,380 Rocky Mount, NC — $39,430 Altoona, PA — $39,460 Paducah, KY-IL — $39,460 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $39,480 Homosassa Springs, FL — $39,510 Morristown, TN — $39,570 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $39,640 El Centro, CA — $39,650 Tyler, TX — $39,750 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $39,830 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $39,870 Ocala, FL — $39,880 Lubbock, TX — $39,930 Gainesville, GA — $39,980 Jacksonville, NC — $40,230 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $40,260 Hot Springs, AR — $40,280 Bloomington, IL — $40,400 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $40,450 Springfield, OH — $40,450 Punta Gorda, FL — $40,460 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $40,570 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $40,720 Kokomo, IN — $40,840 Waco, TX — $40,900 Warner Robins, GA — $40,900 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $41,080 Montgomery, AL — $41,080 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $41,210 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $41,300 Erie, PA — $41,320 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $41,360 Saginaw, MI — $41,360 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $41,510 Jackson, MS — $41,580 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $41,600 Columbia, MO — $41,650 Niles, MI — $41,690 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $41,810 Elmira, NY — $41,820 Monroe, LA — $41,850 Jefferson City, MO — $41,880 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $41,900 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $41,980 Spartanburg, SC — $41,980 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $42,030 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $42,160 Wilmington, NC — $42,210 Greenville, NC — $42,280 Knoxville, TN — $42,410 Idaho Falls, ID — $42,430 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $42,490 Sherman-Denison, TX — $42,570 Vineland, NJ — $42,610 Muncie, IN — $42,630 Springfield, IL — $42,710 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $42,720 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $42,740 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $42,740 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $42,850 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $42,860 Longview, TX — $42,880 Amarillo, TX — $42,890 Monroe, MI — $42,990 Cleveland, TN — $43,020 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $43,090 Johnstown, PA — $43,100 Winston-Salem, NC — $43,100 Great Falls, MT — $43,240 Fresno, CA — $43,360 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $43,370 Salinas, CA — $43,370 Jackson, MI — $43,460 Columbia, SC — $43,500 Charleston, WV — $43,570 Santa Fe, NM — $43,640 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $43,670 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $43,720 Lima, OH — $43,740 Lake Charles, LA — $43,770 Columbus, IN — $43,780 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $43,790 Victoria, TX — $43,810 Savannah, GA — $43,830 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $43,850 Fort Wayne, IN — $43,850 State College, PA — $43,860 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $43,880 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $43,920 Decatur, AL — $44,020 Wausau, WI — $44,040 Tulsa, OK — $44,060 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $44,090 Grand Junction, CO — $44,100 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $44,120 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $44,130 Terre Haute, IN — $44,140 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $44,150 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $44,160 Bangor, ME — $44,180 Wichita Falls, TX — $44,230 Florence, SC — $44,260 Logan, UT-ID — $44,270 Yakima, WA — $44,330 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $44,350 Mansfield, OH — $44,430 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $44,490 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $44,500 Merced, CA — $44,520 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,540 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,540 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,600 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $44,620 Lebanon, PA — $44,630 Lawrence, KS — $44,650 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $44,660 Bloomington, IN — $44,670 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $44,710 Farmington, NM — $44,710 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,720 Yuba City, CA — $44,720 Peoria, IL — $44,840 Flagstaff, AZ — $44,900 Burlington, NC — $44,910 Clarksville, TN-KY — $44,910 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $44,920 Pittsfield, MA — $44,920 Binghamton, NY — $44,970 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $44,980 Johnson City, TN — $44,990 Hinesville, GA — $45,000 Chambersburg, PA — $45,030 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $45,070 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,070 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $45,100 Toledo, OH — $45,100 Bay City, MI — $45,120 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,120 Omaha, NE-IA — $45,120 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,140 Huntsville, AL — $45,200 Springfield, MO — $45,230 Rockford, IL — $45,290 Pocatello, ID — $45,310 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,340 Winchester, VA-WV — $45,360 Charlottesville, VA — $45,450 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $45,470 Odessa, TX — $45,510 Pittsburgh, PA — $45,510 Salisbury, MD — $45,510 Lynchburg, VA — $45,520 Akron, OH — $45,590 Tucson, AZ — $45,630 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,670 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $45,710 Colorado Springs, CO — $45,710 Gettysburg, PA — $45,720 Killeen-Temple, TX — $45,720 Wichita, KS — $45,760 Roanoke, VA — $45,770 Chico, CA — $45,820 Fargo, ND-MN — $45,840 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $45,850 Reno, NV — $45,860 Worcester, MA — $45,860 Canton-Massillon, OH — $45,930 Rapid City, SD — $45,930 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $45,950 Oklahoma City, OK — $45,960 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $45,990 Joplin, MO-KS — $45,990 Walla Walla, WA — $46,020 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $46,050 Cleveland, OH — $46,090 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $46,090 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $46,090 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $46,090 Fond du Lac, WI — $46,120 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $46,120 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $46,180 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,190 Dover, DE — $46,210 York-Hanover, PA — $46,270 Kankakee, IL — $46,320 Lincoln, NE — $46,330 St. Louis, MO-IL — $46,330 Midland, TX — $46,340 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,370 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $46,430 Evansville, IN — $46,450 Helena, MT — $46,450 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,460 Green Bay, WI — $46,490 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,490 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $46,530 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $46,550 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $46,550 Visalia, CA — $46,590 Lafayette, LA — $46,600 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,600 Iowa City, IA — $46,670 Eau Claire, WI — $46,690 Ogden, UT — $46,730 Kingston, NY — $46,770 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $46,770 Columbus, OH — $46,780 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $46,790 Carson City, NV — $46,890 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $46,890 Richmond, VA — $46,920 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $46,930 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,960 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $46,970 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $46,990 Asheville, NC — $47,010 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,040 Pueblo, CO — $47,090 Sheboygan, WI — $47,120 Sandusky, OH — $47,170 Fairbanks-College, AK — $47,200 Rochester, NY — $47,210 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,230 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,230 Traverse City, MI — $47,340 Kansas City, MO-KS — $47,350 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $47,410 Boise City, ID — $47,440 St. Cloud, MN — $47,480 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $47,490 Jonesboro, AR — $47,510 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $47,530 Appleton, WI — $47,540 Cedar Rapids, IA — $47,560 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,570 Williamsport, PA — $47,590 Madison, WI — $47,610 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,630 Bismarck, ND — $47,660 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,700 Redding, CA — $47,740 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,780 Salem, OR — $47,790 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,800 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,810 Springfield, MA — $47,840 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,850 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $47,860 Casper, WY — $47,870 Corpus Christi, TX — $47,880 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,950 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $47,950 Duluth, MN-WI — $48,080 Missoula, MT — $48,090 Elizabethtown, KY — $48,100 Baton Rouge, LA — $48,160 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $48,200 Boulder, CO — $48,260 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $48,290 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $48,290 Ames, IA — $48,310 Ann Arbor, MI — $48,340 Bozeman, MT — $48,360 Valdosta, GA — $48,360 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $48,370 Billings, MT — $48,380 Mobile, AL — $48,410 Tallahassee, FL — $48,420 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $48,520 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $48,530 Birmingham, AL — $48,570 Albany, OR — $48,640 Rochester, MN — $48,640 Battle Creek, MI — $48,680 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,710 St. George, UT — $48,720 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,770 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $48,860 Syracuse, NY — $48,970 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,990 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,000 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,080 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $49,140 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $49,260 Bellingham, WA — $49,270 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $49,270 Reading, PA — $49,280 Bend, OR — $49,370 Topeka, KS — $49,440 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $49,470 New Haven, CT — $49,540 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $49,610 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,710 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,740 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,850 Port St. Lucie, FL — $49,880 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $49,900 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $49,940 Greeley, CO — $49,960 Gainesville, FL — $49,980 Owensboro, KY — $50,010 Lancaster, PA — $50,050 Corvallis, OR — $50,110 Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,310 Jacksonville, FL — $50,670 Grand Island, NE — $50,730 Grants Pass, OR — $50,750 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $50,770 Dubuque, IA — $50,770 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $50,800 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $51,260 Urban Honolulu, HI — $51,260 Fayetteville, NC — $51,450 Longview-Kelso, WA — $51,700 Twin Falls, ID — $51,730 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $51,850 Lexington Park, MD — $51,890 Medford, OR — $51,930 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $52,120 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $52,190 Utica-Rome, NY — $52,670 Napa, CA — $52,800 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $53,130 Harrisonburg, VA — $53,440 Hammond, LA — $53,780 Lewiston, ID-WA — $53,890 Decatur, IL — $53,990 Glens Falls, NY — $54,060 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $54,440 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $54,700 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $55,600 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $55,680 Modesto, CA — $55,810 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $57,000 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $57,140 Kenosha, WI — $58,110 Anchorage, AK — $58,910 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $59,240 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,850 Albuquerque, NM — $62,150 Vallejo, CA — $62,460 Cheyenne, WY — $62,520 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $66,350 Flint, MI — $78,530 Washington metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Washington metro area has the 52nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 384 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
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About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .