Careers / Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$107,230

United States, 2025

Employment

221,180

United States, 2025

Typical education

Not recorded

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable government laws or regulations. Includes logistics managers.

O*NET code
11-3071.00
Job zone
4
Experience required
Not recorded

Typical tasks

  • Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
  • Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
  • Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements.
  • Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.
  • Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.
  • Analyze all aspects of corporate logistics to determine the most cost-effective or efficient means of transporting products or supplies.
  • Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues.
  • Develop and document standard and emergency operating procedures for receiving, handling, storing, shipping, or salvaging products or materials.

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Salary analysis — United States

$65,120
10th
$82,440
25th
$107,230
Median
$146,770
75th
$194,900
90th

10th percentile

$65,120

25th percentile

$82,440

75th percentile

$146,770

90th percentile

$194,900

Most important skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.9
  • Active Listening3.9
  • Coordination3.8
  • Monitoring3.8
  • Critical Thinking3.6
  • Active Learning3.6
  • Systems Analysis3.6
  • Writing3.6
  • Speaking3.6
  • Time Management3.6
  • Negotiation3.6
  • Instructing3.6

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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 21 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

21

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Active Listening3.93.9Not selected3.9
Reading Comprehension3.93.8Not selected3.8
Coordination3.83.9Not selected3.9
Monitoring3.83.8Not selected3.8
Speaking3.63.8Not selected3.8
Time Management3.63.8Not selected3.8
Critical Thinking3.63.6Not selected3.6
Active Learning3.63.6Not selected3.6
Writing3.63.6Not selected3.6
Negotiation3.63.6Not selected3.6
Complex Problem Solving3.63.6Not selected3.6
Systems Analysis3.63.5Not selected3.5
Persuasion3.53.6Not selected3.6
Systems Evaluation3.53.5Not selected3.5
Judgment and Decision Making3.53.5Not selected3.5
Instructing3.63.4Not selected3.4
Management of Personnel Resources3.43.4Not selected3.4
Learning Strategies3.43.3Not selected3.3
Social Perceptiveness3.33.4Not selected3.4
Service Orientation3.33.1Not selected3.1
Management of Material Resources3.03.0Not 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
San Jose, CA$177,4001,7602025
Decatur, IL$160,4601102025
Seattle, WA$146,0801,6902025
San Francisco, CA$145,1703,7502025
DE$145,0003102025
Fort Collins, CO$144,9101202025
Boulder, CO$142,2701502025
Trenton, NJ$138,7603702025
WA$136,5002,4902025
Denver, CO$135,2201,3402025
New York, NY$133,64010,4102025
CO$132,6102,3102025
DC$132,1806102025
Bridgeport, CT$131,9705902025
Manchester, NH$130,8302402025
NJ$130,6109,1202025
Daphne, AL$129,840402025
Colorado Springs, CO$129,7001702025
NH$129,4705302025
Greeley, CO$129,1301102025
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.