Business & Finance
Logistics Engineers
Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.
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.
Plan a path to Logistics Engineers
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Logistics Engineers Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Logistics Engineers
Entry / Junior
$50,890
~2 yrs to advance
Logistics Engineers
Established
$82,320
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Logistics Engineers
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
- •Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
- •Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.
- •Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.
- •Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
- •Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.