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Logistics Analysts

Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.

Median salary (BLS)

$82,320

10th–90th percentile (BLS)

$51k – $133k

Job outlook

+17% (much faster than average)

AI exposure

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 3 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.

Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $112,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.

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Education

Typical entry: Bachelor's degree

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Typical progression

  1. Logistics Analysts Intern

    Internship

    $36,000

    ~4 mos to advance

  2. Junior Logistics Analysts

    Entry / Junior

    $50,890

    ~2 yrs to advance

  3. Logistics Analysts

    Established

    $82,320

    ~3 yrs to advance

  4. Senior Logistics Analysts

    Senior

    $107,740

Internships are a common on-ramp here — they speed up landing that first role and improve your odds, which is why the Safe and High-ceiling plans build one in.

Key skills

A typical day

  • •Maintain databases of logistics information.
  • •Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.
  • •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.

Fields of study

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