Logistics Analysts

Transportation, Distribution and LogisticsO*NET 13-1081.02United States

Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.

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Median annual earnings: $81,925
Projected change: +16.8%
Typical education: Bachelor's degree
Employment: 286.46K jobs

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The work

What logistics analysts do

Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.

Maintain databases of logistics information.
Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.
Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.
Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.
Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.
Prepare reports on logistics performance measures.
Enter logistics-related data into databases.
Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes.
Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, or cost or benefit analysis.
Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity.
Maintain logistics records in accordance with corporate policies.
Contact carriers for rates or schedules.
Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing.
Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost.
Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, or inventory turns.
Identify opportunities for inventory reductions.
Review procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to ensure maximum efficiency or minimum cost.
Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting.
Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.
Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes.

Pay and outlook

What the job pays and where it is heading

Annual earnings range

Reported earnings by percentile, United States

10th percentile: $50,300
25th percentile: $63,984
50th percentile: $81,925
75th percentile: $105,830
90th percentile: $133,814

The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $81,925 and half earn less.

Employment outlook

2025 to 2035 projection

+16.8%much faster than average

2025286,458 jobs

2035 projected334,595 jobs

48,137 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.

Preparation

Education levels

What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.

Bachelor's degree: 63.6%
Associate degree: 22.7%
Master's or Professional degree: 9.1%
Some college: 4.6%

Skills

Skills employers ask for

Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.

Supply Chain
Inventory Management
Data Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Procurement
SAP Applications
Continuous Improvement Process
Purchasing
Logistics
Process Improvement
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Finance
Warehousing
Power BI
Supply Chain Analysis
Dashboard
Enterprise Resource Planning
Supply Chain Planning
Auditing
Demand Planning

How the work gets done

Core competencies

Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

In the market

Job titles and employers

Recent job postings in United States

Common job titles

01Supply Chain Analysts2,968 postings
02Logistics Analysts2,145 postings
03Inventory Analysts1,148 postings
04Materials Analysts513 postings
05Material Coordinators444 postings
06Inventory Control Analysts304 postings
07Demand Planning Analysts298 postings
08Supply Chain Management Analysts229 postings
09Supply Chain Data Analysts228 postings
10Logistics Management Analysts223 postings
11Supply Chain Systems Analysts208 postings
12Supply Planning Analysts199 postings
13Supply Chain Interns192 postings
14Supply Chain Planning Analysts191 postings
15Inventory Planners188 postings
16Replenishment Analysts178 postings
17Materials Planning Analysts154 postings
18Analysts152 postings
19Supply Chain Planners137 postings
20Supply Chain and Logistics Analysts137 postings

Top employers

01Serco324 postings
02Lockheed Martin256 postings
03RTX246 postings
04Cardinal Health236 postings
05Boeing222 postings
06Northrop Grumman208 postings
07Aston Carter199 postings
08GE Aerospace167 postings
09Insight Global165 postings
10Robert Half160 postings
11Ryder155 postings
12Saab AB133 postings
13ManpowerGroup129 postings
14Republic Services107 postings
15Accenture105 postings
16Leidos104 postings
17GXO Logistics99 postings
18Beacon Hill Staffing Group97 postings
19Penske93 postings
20General Motors82 postings

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