United States · BLS May 2025

Transportation or Logistics Manager Salary

Also called logistics manager. SOC 11-3071.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 221,180 transportation or logistics managers across the country. Pay varies more by state than most people expect, and the state that pays most is not always the one that leaves most.

Median pay · the United States

$107,230A year, or $51.55 an hour.
Jobs counted221,180Wage and salary jobs
What transportation, storage, and distribution managers earn in the United States, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$65,120$31.31
25th percentile$82,440$39.64
MedianHalf earn more, half less$107,230$51.55
75th percentile$146,770$70.56
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$194,900$93.70
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$121,600$58.46
How we got this
  1. Median wage in the United StatesBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of transportation, storage, and distribution managers earned more than this, half less.$107,230
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$51.55
  3. Jobs countedWage and salary jobs; the self-employed are not surveyed.221,180
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1

Which state pays transportation or logistics managers the most?

Delaware pays a median of $145,000, Mississippi $85,770. That is a gap of $59,230 before either state's taxes or prices are counted.

  • Delaware. Take-home there depends on Delaware wage tax, which the salary-after-tax calculator computes on this median.
  • The nominal figure is not the comparison. A higher salary in an expensive state can leave less than a lower one somewhere cheap. Each state page adjusts for tax and price level.

Common questions

Transportation or Logistics Manager pay in the United States, answered

How much does a transportation or logistics manager make?

The median wage for transportation or logistics managers in the United States is $107,230 a year, or $51.55 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What do the highest-paid transportation or logistics managers earn?

The top tenth earn $194,900 a year or more, against $65,120 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, employer and the part of the United States someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many transportation or logistics managers are there in the United States?

The survey counted 221,180 of these jobs in the United States for May 2025.

It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

Sources

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