How much do Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators make in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV?

Percentile spread

For Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, the published 10th percentile is $30,760 and the 90th percentile is $46,410. The difference is $15,650, which is 33.9% 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 $38,450 to the 75th at $46,400, covers $7,950.

The mean annual wage is $42,680, which sits below the median of $46,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Parkersburg-Vienna, WV median is 0.6% lower than the national median of $46,420 for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,971, which is 14.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.7% higher than the West Virginia median of $41,670.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Parkersburg-Vienna, WV is 87.066, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators at $52,971 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

28 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators. Parkersburg-Vienna, WV ranks 6th of 29 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).).

• Charleston, WV is 59 miles away, with a median of $43,570 and employment of 100. That median is 5.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,111, against $52,971 here.
• Wheeling, WV-OH is 66 miles away, with a median of $39,380 and employment of 180. That median is 14.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,586, against $52,971 here.
• Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH is 81 miles away, with a median of $42,740 and employment of 260. That median is 7.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,336, against $52,971 here.

Employment share

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators accounts for 0.22% of wage-and-salary employment in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV (80 of 36,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.50% of employment (774,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.44 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.