Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 3,440.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Dayton earn more.
$45,120 in Dayton buys what $48,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Dayton's regional price parity is 92.7 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Ohio
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Dayton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | $49,000 | $51,400 | 95.4 | +5.6% |
| Sandusky | $47,170 | $52,800 | 89.3 | +8.5% |
| Columbus | $46,780 | $49,000 | 95.5 | +0.7% |
| Cleveland | $46,090 | $49,100 | 93.9 | +0.8% |
| Canton | $45,930 | $51,400 | 89.4 | +5.5% |
| Akron | $45,590 | $48,800 | 93.4 | +0.3% |
| Dayton This page | $45,120 | $48,700 | 92.7 | — |
| Toledo | $45,100 | $49,300 | 91.5 | +1.3% |
Price parity and difference against Dayton are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 3,440 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-7051, Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators. Mapped to our taxonomy as industrial-truck-and-tractor-operators.
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