How much do logistics managers make in 2026?
Logistics managers are counted in the BLS transportation, storage and distribution managers series: OEWS May 2025 puts the SOC 11-3071 national median at $107,230 a year ($51.55 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $65,120 and the top 10% at $194,900. The series is broad by design — a single management row covering warehouse managers, transportation managers, distribution managers, supply chain directors and logistics executives alike — so the median describes a mid-ladder manager rather than any one title. For a logistics manager specifically, two variables set the number more reliably than years of service. The first is annual freight spend under your control: a manager accountable for $4m of transportation moves in a different pay band from one accountable for $80m, because the savings and service consequences of the decisions scale with it. The second is span — direct reports, sites, shifts and whether the operation runs seven days. Beyond those, the pay lever most managers underuse is analytical credibility: the ability to model a network or mode change, quantify it, and defend it in front of finance. Employment is projected to grow 6.1% through 2034 with roughly 18,500 openings a year. → Full logistics manager career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $107,230 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Logistics Managers earn a national median $107,230/yr ($51.55/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 11-3071); the P10 to P90 range is $65,120 to $194,900.
- The $107,230 figure comes from a broad BLS management series covering warehouse, transportation, distribution and supply chain managers together, so it describes a mid-ladder manager rather than a logistics-manager-only wage.
- Freight spend under management and span of control — sites, shifts, direct reports — move pay further than tenure does, which is why the same title spans the $65,120 to $194,900 band.
- Managers who can model and defend a network or mode change in financial terms move into the upper half of the band faster than those known only for running a clean operation.
US Logistics Manager Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do logistics managers 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 11-3071; 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 11-3071, 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 manager earn at each career stage?
Logistics management pay progresses by scope — spend, sites and people — rather than by task mastery. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 11-3071, a series that spans this whole ladder in one row.
By State
Which states pay logistics managers 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 carry the pooling caveat with them. Geography matters less here than network position: a manager at a major inland port, an intermodal hub or a large regional distribution cluster commands more than the state index implies, because those markets compete for a small pool of people who have run comparable volume.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($123,310), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay logistics managers the most?
Metro figures are modeled — national median times state wage index times published metro index — not BLS MSA observations. Metro premiums are real for this role because freight-dense metros host both the largest operations and the shippers most willing to pay to keep an experienced manager from moving across town.
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 manager’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 manager pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Logistics Managers 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 manager wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a logistics manager 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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