Material Movers, Hand vs Forklift & Industrial Truck Operators
Compare Material Movers, Hand and Forklift & Industrial Truck Operators side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Forklift & Industrial Truck Operators pays about $6k more.
Median pay$40k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureLow 2%, modeled
EducationNo formal credential
Active ListeningMonitoringSpeakingReading ComprehensionCritical Thinking
Median pay$46k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureLow 29%, modeled
EducationNo formal credential
Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoring
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.