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Suggested Studies	Bachelor
Salary, Typical	$71,910
Salary Range	$45k - $111k
Number of Jobs, 2011	112,310
Job Openings per Year (est.)	4,870

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Logistician Training and Jobs

Schools and Degrees

Degrees are available in logistics, transportation and logistics management, industrial engineering, supply chain management and business studies. Master's degrees are also available.

The International Society of Logistics provides the Certified Master Logistician (CML) and the Certified Professional Logistician (CPL) certifications.

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Training and Education

Education or job training for employees typically involves a bachelor's degree. At least 43% of logisticians had a degree of four or more years. About 38% of workers had some college below a bachelor's degree. An estimated 19% of employees had just a high-school diploma.

Job Overview

Logisticians are responsible for the complete life cycle of a product including acquisition, internal allocation, distribution, delivery of the product and the final disposal of resources. Logisticians sometimes alter the plan for the movement of goods to minimize costs and maximize value. Logistics coordinators work with customers' representatives who are involved with logistics activity.

Job Requirements

Many employers prefer to hire people that have a degree in logistics, supply chain management, industrial engineering or business studies. Some logisticians have earned graduate degrees.

Nature of Work

Oversee availability and allocation of supplies, materials and finished products
Plan and oversee support activities such as maintenance planning and repair analysis
Oversee the compilation and evaluation of technical data which is used for product development
Evaluate logistics performance with customers to compare to targets, benchmarks and service agreements

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most logisticians per capita are Warner Robins (Georgia), Huntsville (Alabama), and Battle Creek (Michigan), while the worst cities are Portland (Maine), Fresno (California), and Las Vegas (Nevada).

The highest salaries for workers are in and around Edison (New Jersey), Haverhill (Massachusetts), and Dayton (Ohio). The lowest-paying areas are Chattanooga (Tennessee), Altoona (Pennsylvania), and San Antonio (Texas).

Part-Time and Self Employment

An estimated 4% of logisticians work part-time. An estimated 2% of workers were self-employed.

Logisticians by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Anniston	$64,000	50	+60%
Birmingham	$64,000	130	-66%
Decatur	$80,000	40	+8%
Huntsville	$84,000	2,520	+1492%
Mobile	$70,000	100	-25%
Montgomery	$64,000	80	-35%
Tuscaloosa	$61,000	30	-54%

Alaska

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Anchorage	$73,000	180	+42%

Arkansas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Fayetteville	$56,000	620	+300%
Fort Smith	$66,000	30	-67%
Little Rock	$67,000	180	-33%

California

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bakersfield	$81,000	440	+120%
Fresno	$69,000	60	-76%
Hanford	$65,000	30	+33%
Los Angeles	$77,000	2,910	-9%
Oakland	$85,000	750	-5%
Oxnard	$84,000	510	+122%
Riverside	$71,000	600	-37%
Sacramento	$78,000	410	-40%
San Diego	$81,000	1,610	+56%
San Francisco	$81,000	930	+19%
San Jose	$89,000	1,310	+85%
Santa Ana	$71,000	1,340	+17%
Santa Barbara	$70,000	190	+50%
Santa Rosa	$90,000	90	-32%
Stockton	$70,000	70	-56%
Vallejo	$82,000	90	+1%
Visalia		50	-50%

Colorado

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Boulder	$71,000	150	+30%
Colorado Springs	$78,000	480	+147%
Denver	$72,000	1,070	+9%
Fort Collins	$67,000	70	-25%
Greeley	$77,000	50	-3%

Connecticut

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bridgeport	$77,000	270	-19%
Hartford	$74,000	330	-27%
New Haven	$73,000	80	-62%
Norwich	$72,000	250	+175%

Delaware

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Dover	$66,000	50	+41%
Wilmington	$81,000	430	+70%

District of Columbia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Washington	$86,000	4,510	+134%

Florida

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Fort Lauderdale	$64,000	230	-58%
Fort Walton Beach	$71,000	220	+302%
Jacksonville	$67,000	580	+23%
Lakeland	$60,000	50	-65%
Miami	$69,000	410	-47%
Orlando	$69,000	420	-48%
Palm Bay	$59,000	370	+146%
Panama City	$76,000	90	+84%
Pensacola	$62,000	90	-19%
Port St Lucie	$52,000	30	-66%
Sarasota	$70,000	40	-79%
Tampa	$61,000	570	-37%
West Palm Beach	$64,000	130	-68%

Georgia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Albany	$78,000	280	+545%
Atlanta	$70,000	1,730	-5%
Augusta	$73,000	100	-36%
Columbus	$63,000	150	+84%
Hinesville	$74,000	80	+886%
Macon	$68,000	40	-39%
Savannah	$62,000	60	-46%
Warner Robins	$72,000	1,300	+3400%

Hawaii

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Honolulu	$72,000	370	+8%

Idaho

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Boise	$60,000	160	-21%

Illinois

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bloomington	$65,000	210	+320%
Chicago	$73,000	1,620	-46%
Peoria	$52,000	70	-46%
Rockford	$54,000	50	-52%
Springfield	$55,000	60	-24%

Indiana

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bloomington	$67,000	50	+1%
Evansville	$74,000	90	-31%
Fort Wayne	$71,000	160	+3%
Gary	$60,000	40	-81%
Kokomo	$73,000	110	+322%

Iowa

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	$60,000	70	-33%
Davenport	$77,000	930	+556%
Des Moines	$60,000	150	-41%
Waterloo	$53,000	70	+13%

Kansas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Manhattan	$64,000	80	+122%

Kentucky

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Elizabethtown	$71,000	60	+99%
Lexington	$55,000	120	-35%
Louisville	$71,000	230	-52%

Louisiana

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Baton Rouge	$64,000	120	-59%
Lafayette	$61,000	80	-25%
Lake Charles	$50,000	40	-38%
New Orleans	$65,000	240	-42%
Shreveport	$70,000	40	-71%

Maine

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Portland	$55,000	70	-54%

Maryland

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Baltimore	$85,000	1,130	+9%
Bethesda	$84,000	900	+98%
Hagerstown	$71,000	30	-58%

Massachusetts

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Boston	$85,000	800	-42%
Brockton	$64,000	40	-39%
Framingham	$80,000	220	+78%
Lowell	$82,000	190	+113%
Peabody	$66,000	60	-20%
Springfield	$63,000	120	-48%
Taunton	$75,000	70	+129%
Worcester	$69,000	60	-69%

Michigan

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Ann Arbor	$68,000	230	+82%
Battle Creek	$70,000	190	+431%
Detroit	$80,000	670	+27%
Flint	$72,000	100	+3%
Grand Rapids	$60,000	410	+39%
Holland	$75,000	30	-57%
Lansing	$67,000	110	-27%
Niles	$74,000	170	+319%
Warren	$80,000	2,180	+156%

Minnesota

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Minneapolis	$74,000	1,380	-2%

Mississippi

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Gulfport	$66,000	70	-12%
Jackson	$63,000	30	-85%

Missouri

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Joplin	$48,000	40	-30%
Kansas City	$71,000	850	+6%
Springfield	$65,000	60	-59%
St Louis	$68,000	1,520	+44%

Nebraska

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Lincoln	$62,000	50	-59%
Omaha	$67,000	190	-48%

Nevada

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Las Vegas	$70,000	120	-82%
Reno	$53,000	60	-59%

New Hampshire

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Nashua	$71,000	140	+36%
Portsmouth	$74,000	110	+173%

New Jersey

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Atlantic City	$76,000	40	-63%
Camden	$70,000	340	-17%
Edison	$91,000	1,310	+61%
Newark	$80,000	850	+8%
Trenton	$78,000	110	-37%

New Mexico

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Albuquerque	$75,000	190	-37%

New York

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Albany	$65,000	110	-69%
Binghamton	$67,000	50	-40%
Buffalo	$62,000	190	-56%
Nassau	$65,000	260	-74%
New York	$70,000	1,620	-61%
Rochester	$57,000	220	-45%

North Carolina

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Asheville	$60,000	40	-70%
Charlotte	$66,000	650	-4%
Durham		190	-11%
Fayetteville	$76,000	340	+261%
Greensboro	$69,000	150	-46%
Hickory	$60,000	40	-64%
Jacksonville	$66,000	80	+177%
Raleigh	$62,000	250	-38%
Wilmington	$64,000	60	-41%
Winston Salem	$61,000	60	-63%

Ohio

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Akron	$59,000	460	+84%
Canton	$55,000	80	-37%
Cincinnati	$68,000	770	-4%
Cleveland	$70,000	830	+3%
Columbus	$67,000	1,050	+44%
Dayton	$83,000	790	+165%
Mansfield	$63,000	40	+12%
Toledo	$72,000	240	+5%
Youngstown	$66,000	110	-37%

Oklahoma

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Oklahoma City	$70,000	1,590	+250%
Tulsa	$60,000	260	-23%

Oregon

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Portland	$66,000	520	-36%

Pennsylvania

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Allentown	$69,000	160	-41%
Harrisburg	$76,000	830	+233%
Lancaster	$59,000	70	-61%
Lebanon	$68,000	40	+29%
Philadelphia	$77,000	2,580	+71%
Reading	$69,000	80	-37%
Scranton	$63,000	120	-41%
York	$74,000	190	+42%

Rhode Island

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Providence	$70,000	300	-31%

South Carolina

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Anderson		40	+2%
Charleston	$72,000	410	+84%
Columbia	$63,000	160	-41%
Florence	$71,000	40	-30%
Sumter	$72,000	40	+86%

Tennessee

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Chattanooga	$75,000	70	-60%
Clarksville	$76,000	90	+60%
Johnson City	$54,000	30	-42%
Kingsport	$58,000	70	-22%
Knoxville	$65,000	180	-31%
Memphis	$56,000	580	+20%
Nashville	$61,000	280	-52%

Texas

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Amarillo	$56,000	90	+15%
Austin	$75,000	1,000	+61%
Beaumont	$75,000	140	+15%
Corpus Christi	$82,000	150	+11%
Dallas	$72,000	2,040	+23%
El Paso	$61,000	250	+19%
Fort Worth	$61,000	1,100	+61%
Houston	$81,000	3,120	+50%
Killeen	$77,000	210	+119%
Laredo	$42,000	60	+6%
Longview	$68,000	80	+15%
San Antonio	$69,000	880	+28%
Victoria	$73,000	60	+82%
Waco	$60,000	50	-32%
Wichita Falls	$61,000	40	+4%

Utah

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Ogden	$72,000	980	+544%
Salt Lake City	$63,000	380	-21%

Virginia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Charlottesville	$71,000	40	-36%
Lynchburg	$72,000	100	+38%
Richmond	$70,000	1,110	+129%
Roanoke	$54,000	50	-57%
Virginia Beach	$69,000	1,650	+176%

Washington

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Bellingham	$97,000	50	-5%
Bremerton	$74,000	270	+350%
Kennewick	$75,000	90	+23%
Seattle	$84,000	4,340	+291%
Spokane	$64,000	60	-62%
Tacoma	$71,000	320	+57%

West Virginia

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Charleston	$65,000	30	-73%
Morgantown	$41,000	40	+8%

Wisconsin

City and Area	Median Salary	Employees	Job Density
Appleton	$58,000	60	-29%
Eau Claire	$61,000	50	-6%
Green Bay	$56,000	150	+18%
Madison	$64,000	230	-13%
Milwaukee	$62,000	500	-24%
Oshkosh	$59,000	120	+88%
Racine	$52,000	100	+87%
Sheboygan	$60,000	80	+105%

^*FOOTNOTES: Job Facts salary and numbers data is based on US Department of Labor Statistics data for 2011. Other data on page may be from earlier years. Typical salary is given as median salary, where 50% in the job make more and 50% less. Salary range is Job Hunt's estimates of typical starting salary as being at the 10th percentile of reported pay and typical top end salary, for the most senior workers, as being at the 90th. Job openings is an estimate of new jobs every year due to growth plus those leaving the field. Where NA is given data is not available. Suggested studies is based on Job Hunt research, suggesting a minimum degree level that is judged to offer the best opportunities for entry-level employment. This Logisticians schools and career page was originally researched by CityTownInfo.com.

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