Business & Finance
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable government laws or regulations. Includes logistics managers.
Median salary (BLS)
$107,230
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$65k – $195k
Job outlook
+6% (faster than average)
AI exposure
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 2 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 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Entry / Junior
$65,120
~2 yrs to advance
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Established
$107,230
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Senior
$151,065
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Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
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.