The median annual wage for logisticians was $74,260 in May 2015.
The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $45,830, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $115,960.
In May 2015, the median annual wages for logisticians in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
Federal government
$81,450
Professional, scientific, and technical services
74,780
Manufacturing
74,220
Management of companies and enterprises
72,600
Wholesale trade
65,850
Most logisticians work full time during regular business hours. However, they sometimes work overtime to ensure that operations stay on schedule. Nearly one-fourth of these workers worked more than 40 hours per week in 2014.
Logisticians
Median annual wages, May 2015
Logisticians
$74,260
Business operations specialists
$64,510
Total, all occupations
$36,200
Note: All Occupations includes all occupations in the U.S. Economy. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics