Logisticians

Detailed Occupation

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2021 Workforce
171k
Average Age
40.5
Estimated Job Growth
4.36%
10-year projection
Average Salary
$64,374
Average Male Salary
$68,285
Average Female Salary
$56,622

About

Logisticians are most often employed by the Management, scientific & technical consulting services industry. The average yearly wage for Logisticians was $64,374 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Logisticians are St. Mary's & Calvert Counties PUMA, MD, North Charleston City PUMA, SC, and Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Logisticians are Craven County PUMA, NC, Huntsville (North) & Madison (East) Cities PUMA, AL, and Ewa PUMA, HI.

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Employment and salary information for the Logisticians workforce. Logisticians workforce in 2021 was 171,173 people, of which 33.5% were women and 66.5% were men. Logisticians are paid most in Benton County PUMA, AR but are relatively concentrated in Craven County PUMA, NC.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
113,766
Male Workforce
± 8.28k
57,407
Female Workforce
± 5.88k

The Logisticians workforce in 2021 was 171,173 people (33.5% women and 66.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 50.3% between 2014 (113,853) and 2021 (171,173).

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Employment by Location

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During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Delaware ($104,833), New Hampshire ($92,083), and Connecticut ($84,878).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$64,374
AVERAGE WAGE
#183 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Logisticians earned an average of $64,374, $4,778 more than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.324
WAGE GINI

In 2021, Logisticians had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.324, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Logisticians (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Logisticians and on wages for those in the field. Management, scientific & technical consulting services is the industry that employs the most Logisticians, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Logisticians, by average wage, is Other direct selling establishments ($207,524).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
171k
2021 Workforce
± 10,152
7.16%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 7.97%

This graphic shows the share of Logisticians employed by various industries. Management, scientific & technical consulting services employs the largest share of Logisticians at 41%, followed by National security & international affairs with 40.6% and U. S. Army with 18.4%.

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Demographic information on Logisticians in the US. The workforce of Logisticians in 2021 was 171,173 people, with 33.5% woman, and 66.5% men. The average age of male Logisticians in the workforce is 40.6 and of female Logisticians is 40.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Logisticians is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Logisticians in 2021 was 171,173 people, with 33.5% woman, and 66.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (26,979 people), 30 to 34 years (25,894  people), and 35 to 39 years (24,610 people). Among them they concentrated 45.4% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 15.5% of Logisticians workers were Hispanic and 84.5% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (73.6%), Puerto Rican (18.9)%, and Colombian (7.57)%

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Races

In 2021, 65.3% of the Logisticians workforce were White, of which 32.9% were women and 67.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (16.7%) and Two or More Races (6.9%).

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Data on higher education choices for Logisticians from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Logisticians is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Transportation.

Among the necessary skills for Logisticians, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Logisticians need more than the average amount of Programming.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Logisticians in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (32,132 people), Social Sciences (6,259 people), and Engineering (4,166 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Logisticians workers were Bachelors Degree (57,212 people), Some college (42,532 people), and High School or Equivalent (27,941 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Logisticians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Logisticians need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Systems Analysis.

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Projections on job growth for Logisticians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.71%, but Logisticians are expected to see a growth of 4.36% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow more than the national average.

Job Growth

4.36%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.71%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Logisticians. This profession is expected to grow more than than 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.

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