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Logistics Analysts Salary in Ames, IA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Logistics Analysts in Ames, IA have a median annual salary of $75,620, with 80 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $48,920 at the 10th percentile to $107,870 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$75,620

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$36.36

Employment

80

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$48,920
10th
$60,090
25th
$75,620
Median
$95,510
75th
$107,870
90th

Local compared with national

Ames, IA

$75,620

Median annual · 2025

United States

$82,320

Median annual · 2025

The Ames, IA median is 8.1% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $6,700).

Top skills

  1. 1.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  2. 2.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 3.9
  4. 4.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.9
  5. 5.SpeakingImportance 3.8
  6. 6.MonitoringImportance 3.8
  7. 7.Systems AnalysisImportance 3.8
  8. 8.Systems EvaluationImportance 3.8
  9. 9.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.6
  10. 10.WritingImportance 3.4
  11. 11.Time ManagementImportance 3.3
  12. 12.Active LearningImportance 3.1

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
4

Technology used

  • 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
  • Inventory control software

Common tasks

  • Maintain databases of logistics information.
  • 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.
  • Prepare reports on logistics performance measures.
  • Enter logistics-related data into databases.

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