# Material Moving Workers

> SOC minor group 53-7000 within Transportation and Material Moving Occupations — 17 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 53-7000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/material-moving-workers
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 10,854,370.
- **Median wage:** $46,390.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** 2.9%.
- **Annual openings:** 1,484.4.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 12th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7062-00) — $38,940; 0th percentile overlap
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7062-04) — $38,940; 0th percentile overlap
- Stockers and Order Fillers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7065-00) — $37,090; 0th percentile overlap
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7051-00) — $46,390; 0th percentile overlap
- Packers and Packagers, Hand (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7064-00) — $35,580; 0th percentile overlap
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7061-00) — $35,270; 0th percentile overlap
- Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7081-00) — $48,350; 0th percentile overlap
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7063-00) — $39,700; 0th percentile overlap
- Crane and Tower Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7021-00) — $66,370; 0th percentile overlap
- Conveyor Operators and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7011-00) — $41,230; 0th percentile overlap
- Material Moving Workers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7199-00) — $41,690
- Wellhead Pumpers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7073-00) — $70,010; 0th percentile overlap
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7072-00) — $60,020; 0th percentile overlap
- Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7121-00) — $58,070; 0th percentile overlap
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7071-00) — $71,510; 0th percentile overlap
- Hoist and Winch Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7041-00) — $52,310; 0th percentile overlap
- Dredge Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-7031-00) — $48,430; 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/material-moving-workers_