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Logisticians — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$82,320

United States, 2025

Employment

251,040

United States, 2025

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Analyze and coordinate the ongoing logistical functions of a firm or organization. Responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources.

O*NET code
13-1081.00
Job zone
4
Experience required
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years

Typical tasks

  • Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity.
  • Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met.
  • Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.
  • Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.
  • Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.
  • Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.
  • Redesign the movement of goods to maximize value and minimize costs.
  • Explain proposed solutions to customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations.

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Salary analysis — United States

$50,890
10th
$64,440
25th
$82,320
Median
$106,190
75th
$133,160
90th

10th percentile

$50,890

25th percentile

$64,440

75th percentile

$106,190

90th percentile

$133,160

Most important skills

  • Critical Thinking4.0
  • Speaking3.9
  • Active Listening3.9
  • Reading Comprehension3.9
  • Monitoring3.9
  • Coordination3.9
  • Complex Problem Solving3.8
  • Social Perceptiveness3.6
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.6
  • Active Learning3.5
  • Systems Analysis3.5
  • Writing3.4

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 22 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

22

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Monitoring3.94.6Not selected4.6
Coordination3.94.3Not selected4.3
Critical Thinking4.04.1Not selected4.1
Active Listening3.94.1Not selected4.1
Reading Comprehension3.94.1Not selected4.1
Speaking3.94.0Not selected4.0
Complex Problem Solving3.83.9Not selected3.9
Judgment and Decision Making3.64.0Not selected4.0
Systems Analysis3.53.9Not selected3.9
Social Perceptiveness3.63.6Not selected3.6
Writing3.43.8Not selected3.8
Time Management3.43.8Not selected3.8
Systems Evaluation3.33.9Not selected3.9
Operations Analysis3.14.0Not selected4.0
Active Learning3.53.5Not selected3.5
Management of Personnel Resources3.33.8Not selected3.8
Persuasion3.33.6Not selected3.6
Negotiation3.33.5Not selected3.5
Service Orientation3.33.4Not selected3.4
Learning Strategies3.03.5Not selected3.5
Mathematics3.03.4Not selected3.4
Instructing3.13.0Not selected3.0

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Lexington Park, MD$131,6001,3502025
Huntsville, AL$117,0602,7802025
San Jose, CA$115,5703,4402025
Seattle, WA$108,9204,4202025
Oxnard, CA$108,3401,0302025
WA$107,2505,6702025
Dayton, OH$105,0601,4602025
DC$104,7701,3502025
Washington, DC$104,3308,0202025
Santa Cruz, CA$104,3201102025
Colorado Springs, CO$103,4806402025
Bremerton, WA$102,9204202025
Baltimore, MD$102,7003,2302025
MD$102,7006,8402025
Urban Honolulu, HI$101,7505402025
Boston, MA$101,5404,5102025
Albuquerque, NM$101,2704202025
San Francisco, CA$101,0404,5702025
Columbus, IN$100,7202802025
Davenport, IA$100,7107702025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.