As of June 2026, Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators has an AI-exposure score of 46/100 (Moderate exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

46/100
Moderate exposure
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More exposed than 24% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$46,420. About 76,400 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).

Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.

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How you compare to similar Transportation roles

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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (78%).

Augmentable
  • Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.
  • Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
  • Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
  • Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
  • Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
  • Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
  • Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, or elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, or stack material.
Durable
  • Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
  • Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.

Safer adjacent roles

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80% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$56,450
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72% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$68,080
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64% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$40,240
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56% skills overlap · Low exposure · ~US$74,500
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40% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$59,850
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40% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$62,640
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Pile Driver Operators
40% skills overlap · Moderate exposure · ~US$73,300
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Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)

New York: US$49,030California: US$47,770Texas: US$45,450

Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$46,420. More states are being added.

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