Jobs Similar to Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to industrial truck and tractor operators, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Pourers and Casters, Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators and Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers.
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators: $46,420 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Pourers and Casters, Metal
79% similar · $51,810 (+12%) · High school
- 2Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
78% similar · $70,070 (+51%) · High school
- 3Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
78% similar · $46,350 (0%) · High school
- 4Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
78% similar · $58,640 (+26%) · High school
- 5Pile Driver Operators
78% similar · $73,300 (+58%) · High school
- 6Rock Splitters, Quarry
77% similar · $48,740 (+5%) · High school
- 7Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
77% similar · $49,880 (+7%) · High school
- 8Recycling and Reclamation Workers
77% similar · $40,240 (broader group) · High school · Same group
- 9Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
77% similar · $46,460 (0%) · High school
- 10Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
77% similar · $59,850 (+29%) · High school
- 11Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
77% similar · $96,710 (+108%) · High school
- 12Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
77% similar · $61,770 (+33%) · High school · Same group
- 13Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
77% similar · $48,540 (+5%) · High school
- 14Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
77% similar · $58,870 (+27%) · High school · Same group
- 15Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
76% similar · $38,180 (−18%) · High school
- 16Locomotive Engineers
76% similar · $81,410 (+75%) · High school
- 17Machine Feeders and Offbearers
76% similar · $41,220 (−11%) · High school · Same group
- 18Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
76% similar · $35,060 (−24%) · High school
- 19Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
76% similar · $60,600 (+31%) · High school
- 20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
76% similar · $43,220 (−7%) · High school
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than industrial truck and tractor operators.
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers77% similar · $96,710 (+108%)
- Locomotive Engineers76% similar · $81,410 (+75%)
- Pile Driver Operators78% similar · $73,300 (+58%)
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators78% similar · $70,070 (+51%)
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers77% similar · $61,770 (+33%)
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers76% similar · $60,600 (+31%)
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for industrial truck and tractor operators also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where industrial truck and tractor operators is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Light Truck Drivers (82)
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers (81)
- Agricultural Equipment Operators (80)
- Aircraft Service Attendants (79)
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators (79)
- Pourers and Casters, Metal (79)
- Logging Equipment Operators (78)
- Highway Maintenance Workers (77)
- Sailors and Marine Oilers (77)
- Motorboat Operators (76)
Questions about jobs like industrial truck and tractor operators
What jobs are most similar to industrial truck and tractor operators?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Pourers and Casters (79% similar), Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators (78% similar), Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (78% similar), Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers (78% similar) and Pile Driver Operators (78% similar).
Which jobs like industrial truck and tractor operators pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers ($96,710, +108%; usually a high school diploma), Locomotive Engineers ($81,410, +75%; usually a high school diploma) and Pile Driver Operators ($73,300, +58%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with industrial truck and tractor operators ($46,420). Without more preparation than industrial truck and tractor operators usually need: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, Locomotive Engineers and Pile Driver Operators.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.