How much do logistics coordinators make in 2026?
Logistics coordinators are counted in the BLS logisticians series: OEWS May 2025 gives the SOC 13-1081 national median as $82,320 a year ($39.58 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $50,890 and the top 10% at $133,160. That median deserves an immediate caveat, because the series pools coordinators with supply chain analysts, planners and senior logisticians, many of them in defence, aerospace and manufacturing roles requiring degrees and clearances. Coordinator positions — booking and tracking shipments, scheduling carriers, resolving delivery exceptions, maintaining transportation and order data, communicating with customers and sites — realistically sit in the lower part of the band, often nearer the 10th to 25th percentile figures at entry. What closes the gap is analytical and systems capability: transportation management system depth, freight cost analysis, carrier performance reporting, and the ability to work in spreadsheets and increasingly SQL or business intelligence tools. Coordinators who develop those move into analyst and planner roles that genuinely occupy the middle and upper band. This series also carries one of the strongest growth projections in professional occupations at 16.7% through 2034. Employment is projected to grow 16.7% through 2034 with roughly 26,400 openings a year. → Full logistics coordinator career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $82,320 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Logistics Coordinators earn a national median $82,320/yr ($39.58/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1081); the P10 to P90 range is $50,890 to $133,160.
- The BLS logisticians series shows a $82,320 median, but it pools coordinators with analysts, planners and senior defence and manufacturing logisticians — coordinator roles realistically sit in the lower part of the $50,890 to $133,160 band.
- Transportation management system depth, freight cost analysis and reporting skills are what move a coordinator into the analyst and planner range that the median actually describes.
- The series carries a 16.7% projected growth rate, one of the strongest among professional occupations, with roughly 26,400 openings a year.
US Logistics Coordinator Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do logistics coordinators earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 13-1081; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1081, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a logistics coordinator earn at each career stage?
Coordinator pay progresses by adding analysis and system depth to execution work. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 13-1081, whose median reflects more senior roles than coordination.
By State
Which states pay logistics coordinators the most in 2026?
State figures are modeled estimates — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers salary-calculator state wage index — not BLS state observations, and they inherit the pooling caveat. Real coordinator pay depends on employer type: defence, aerospace, pharmaceutical and large manufacturing logistics roles pay well above third-party logistics and small distributor coordination anywhere in the country.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($94,670), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay logistics coordinators the most?
Metro figures are modeled — national median times state wage index times published metro index — not BLS MSA observations. Metro premiums reflect the concentration of corporate logistics functions and freight brokerage, which is where coordinator roles with clear analytical progression are most commonly found.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a logistics coordinator’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does logistics coordinator pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Logistics Coordinators sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify logistics coordinator wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a logistics coordinator actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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