Logistics Analysts Career, Salary and Skills
Logistics Analysts have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $82,320 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 251,040. Wage data is published for 401 locations.
Occupation description
Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.
O*NET code
13-1081.02
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$82,320
Hourly median
$39.58
Employment
251,040
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Monitoring | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 3.75 | 3.38 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.62 | 4.00 |
| Writing | 3.38 | 4.00 |
Typical tasks
- Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.
- Contact potential vendors to determine material availability.
- Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.
- Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
- Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
- Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.
- Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.
- Maintain databases of logistics information.
Technology
- 3PL Central
- Advanced business application programming ABAP
- Amazon Redshift
- Cadre Technologies Accuplus Integrated Distribution Logistics System
- ESRI ArcLogistics
- Fleet management software
- Flow chart software
- Four Soft 4S eLog
- Four Soft 4S VisiLog
- Graphics software
- IBM Cognos Impromptu
- IBM Notes
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- IntelliTrack 3PL
Logistics Analysts salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Logistics Analysts Salary in CAMedian $92,890 · Employment 32,940
- Logistics Analysts Salary in TXMedian $75,480 · Employment 21,030
- Logistics Analysts Salary in FLMedian $76,410 · Employment 15,020
- Logistics Analysts Salary in ILMedian $80,100 · Employment 14,170
- Logistics Analysts Salary in GAMedian $77,570 · Employment 12,580
- Logistics Analysts Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $81,730 · Employment 10,950
- Logistics Analysts Salary in VAMedian $98,920 · Employment 10,540
- Logistics Analysts Salary in MIMedian $83,200 · Employment 10,270
- Logistics Analysts Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $79,900 · Employment 10,220
- Logistics Analysts Salary in PAMedian $79,340 · Employment 9,980
- Logistics Analysts Salary in OHMedian $83,460 · Employment 8,990
- Logistics Analysts Salary in New York, NYMedian $92,540 · Employment 8,860
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.