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Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators pay in Flint, MI and Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators is $78,530 per year in Flint, MI. It is $43,370 per year in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. Flint, MI is 81.1% above Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7051 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,020 wage and salary jobs in Flint, MI and 100 in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.