How much do Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators make in Albuquerque, NM?

Percentile spread

For Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, the published 10th percentile is $38,500 and the 90th percentile is $65,090. The difference is $26,590, which is 42.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $49,410 to the 75th at $62,150, covers $12,740.

The mean annual wage is $56,270, which sits below the median of $62,150. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 33.9% higher than the national median of $46,420 for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $65,047, which is 40.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the New Mexico median of $62,150.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,150 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators at $65,047 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators. Albuquerque, NM ranks 1st of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Santa Fe, NM is 39 miles away, with a median of $43,640 and employment of 40. That median is 29.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,185, against $65,047 here.
• Farmington, NM is 142 miles away, with a median of $44,710 and employment of 70. That median is 28.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,977, against $65,047 here.
• Las Cruces, NM is 193 miles away, with a median of $35,900 and employment of 220. That median is 42.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,795, against $65,047 here.

Employment share

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators accounts for 0.48% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (1,940 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.50% of employment (774,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.96 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.