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title: "Logistics Engineer"
description: "Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost…"
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last-updated: "2026-08-23T15:56:39.581Z"
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# Logistics Engineer

**Category:** Business and Financial Operations · **SOC code:** 13-1081 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 13-1081.01

Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.

Also advertised as: Acquisition Logistics Engineer; Logistics Engineer; Logistics Specialist; Reliability Engineer; Supportability Engineer; Systems Engineer.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $82,320 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $39.58/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $50,890 to $133,160, with the middle half between $64,440 and $106,190
- **Total US employment:** 251,040
- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's
- **Preparation required:** Medium preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +16.7% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 26,400 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 28/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 251,040 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $50,890 |
| 25th | $64,440 |
| 50th (median) | $82,320 |
| 75th | $106,190 |
| 90th | $133,160 |
| Mean (average) | $89,730 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WA | $107,250 | $100,221 | 5,670 |
| DC | $104,770 | $95,331 | 1,350 |
| MD | $102,700 | $97,848 | 6,840 |
| MA | $100,360 | $94,897 | 5,250 |
| HI | $100,340 | $91,259 | 570 |
| VA | $98,920 | $97,840 | 10,540 |
| AL | $98,450 | $110,838 | 5,190 |
| NM | $98,430 | $106,743 | 850 |
| CO | $96,090 | $93,244 | 4,490 |
| DE | $96,090 | $96,275 | 520 |
| CA | $92,890 | $83,896 | 32,940 |
| NJ | $92,280 | $84,812 | 6,280 |
| NY | $88,240 | $81,764 | 6,930 |
| AK | $87,280 | $85,269 | 530 |
| OK | $86,600 | $98,585 | 3,830 |

39 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 54 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/logistics-engineer/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/logistics-engineer.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 241,000 in the 2024–2034 base year to 281,300 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 40,300 jobs, or +16.7%. Much faster than average: 16.7% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 26,400 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Medium preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 73.9% |
| Some College Courses | 8.7% |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 4.4% |
| Master's Degree | 4.4% |
| Post-Master's Certificate | 4.4% |
| Post-Doctoral Training | 4.4% |

## What the work involves

- Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
- Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.
- Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
- Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
- Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.
- Determine logistics support requirements, such as facility details, staffing needs, or safety or maintenance plans.
- Develop or maintain cost estimates, forecasts, or cost models.
- Prepare or validate documentation on automated logistics or maintenance-data reporting or management information systems.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Writing — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Systems Analysis — importance 4.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Evaluation — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Analysis — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Engineering and Technology — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Transportation — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Production and Processing — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Written Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematical Reasoning — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Fluency of Ideas — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Conventional (C), Investigative (I), Realistic (R).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 5.67 |
| I — Investigative | 5.22 |
| R — Realistic | 4.02 |
| E — Enterprising | 3.76 |
| S — Social | 1.31 |
| A — Artistic | 1.07 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 90.1 |
| ESTJ | 77.8 |
| INTJ | 77.5 |
| ISTP | 72.2 |
| ISFJ | 64.4 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Logistics Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/logistics-analyst) — median $82,320
- [Industrial Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-engineer) — median $102,440
- [Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transportation-storage-and-distribution-manager) — median $107,230
- [Logistician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/logistician) — median $82,320
- [Supply Chain Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/supply-chain-manager) — median $107,230
- [Manufacturing Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/manufacturing-engineer) — median $102,440
- [Project Management Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/project-management-specialist) — median $102,320
- [Sales Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-engineer) — median $124,900
- [Industrial Production Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-production-manager) — median $126,060
- [Operations Research Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/operations-research-analyst) — median $88,940

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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