Transportation, storage, & distribution managers

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Total Workforce

249k

Average Age

44.4

Average Salary

$61,690

Average Male Salary

$62,345

Average Female Salary

$58,736

About

Transportation, storage, & distribution managers are most often employed by the Warehousing & storage industry. The average yearly wage for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers was $61,690 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Transportation, storage, & distribution managers by wage are Fire inspectors, Control & valve installers & repairers, and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.

Transportation, storage, & distribution managers are part of the Management occupations, along with General & operations managers, Advertising & promotions managers, Marketing managers, Sales managers, Public relations and fundraising managers, and 24 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Transportation, storage, & distribution managers are North Little Rock, Sherwood & Jacksonville Cities PUMA, AR, Doral, Sweetwater Cities & Fontainebleau PUMA, FL, and Oakdale, Forest Lake, Stillwater & Hugo Cities PUMA, MN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers are North Little Rock, Sherwood & Jacksonville Cities PUMA, AR, Doral, Sweetwater Cities & Fontainebleau PUMA, FL, and Oakdale, Forest Lake, Stillwater & Hugo Cities PUMA, MN.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Transportation, storage, & distribution managers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Warehousing & storage is the industry that employs the most Transportation, storage, & distribution managers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers, by average wage, is Navigational, measuring, electromedical, & control instruments manufacturing. Transportation, storage, & distribution managers are paid most in Grapevine, Southlake & Colleyville Cities PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in North Little Rock, Sherwood & Jacksonville Cities PUMA, AR.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$61,690

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,128

In 2018, Transportation, storage, & distribution managers earned an average of $61,690, $7,802 more than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Fire inspectors make somewhat more than Transportation, storage, & distribution managers while Aircraft mechanics & service technicians make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Transportation, storage, & distribution managers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.325

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Transportation, storage, & distribution managers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.325, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Transportation, storage, & distribution managers, by number of employees, are Warehousing & storage, Construction, and Services incidental to transportation.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Fruit & vegetable preserving & specialty food manufacturing, Navigational, measuring, electromedical, & control instruments manufacturing, Petroleum refining, Seafood & other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c. , and Bakeries & tortilla manufacturing, except retail bakeries.

Industries by Share

249k

2018 Workforce

± 12,247

-0.47%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 6.97%

The number of people employed as Transportation, storage, & distribution managers has been declining at a rate of -0.47%, from 250,429 people in 2017 to 249,252 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers employed by various industries. Warehousing & storage employs the largest share of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers at 9.21%, followed by Construction with 5.62% and Services incidental to transportation with 5.18%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Transportation, storage, & distribution managers in the US. The average age of male Transportation, storage, & distribution managers in the workforce is 44.3 and of female Transportation, storage, & distribution managers is 45.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

204k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 11,081

45.3k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 5,222

81.8% of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

70% of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 10.9% of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers.

Age by Gender

44.3

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.673

45.2

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.42

The median age of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers is 44.4, and Male employees are generally 0.895 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers is Business but a relatively high number of Transportation, storage, & distribution managers hold a major in Communication Technologies.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Transportation, storage, & distribution managers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Transportation, storage, & distribution managers need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking and Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Transportation, storage, & distribution managers need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Operations Analysis.