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SOC 13-1081 · O*NET 13-1081.00
Logisticians on this page refers to O*NET 13-1081.00: analyzing and coordinating a firm's or organization's ongoing logistics functions throughout the product life cycle, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final resource disposal; maintaining client relationships and fulfilling needs; managing subcontractors by reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaison; reviewing logistics performance against goals and service levels; directing availability and allocation of materials and finished products; and redesigning goods flows to maximize value and minimize costs. They explain solutions to clients and management through written proposals and presentations, guide teams and report project progress, collaborate across departments, and follow logistics technology improvements. Work mainly involves offices and cross-department coordination, with data analysis, project coordination, and supply-chain risks. This page excludes adjacent roles such as industrial production managers, production planning and expediting clerks, purchasing managers, and supply chain managers.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((75+75+50)/3+0.5)=67; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Logisticians turn organizational logistics needs into deliverable supply solutions: maintaining client relationships and fulfilling requirements, managing subcontractors and logistics performance, directing the availability and allocation of materials and finished products, redesigning goods flows to optimize value and costs, explaining solutions through proposals and presentations, guiding teams and reporting project progress, collaborating across departments, and keeping up with logistics technology.
The following judgments concern how logisticians work in practice. They do not predict hiring, qualifications, authorization, or contract outcomes.
Sample output and reflection: check whether requirements and constraints were verified first, solutions were compared on comparable terms, and assumptions and risk explanations were retained. Then ask yourself whether you can stay organized under multi-party coordination and time pressure, support judgments with data, and accept responsibility for solutions and outcomes.
Logisticians on this page refers to O*NET 13-1081.00: analyzing and coordinating the ongoing logistical functions of a firm or organization, covering logistics throughout the product life cycle, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources; maintaining client relationships, managing subcontractors and logistics performance, directing material and finished-product allocation, optimizing goods flows, and supporting decisions through proposals and reports. Work mainly involves offices and cross-department coordination, with data analysis, project coordination, and supply-chain risks. This page excludes adjacent roles such as industrial production managers, production planning and expediting clerks, purchasing managers, and supply chain managers.
Career direction comparison
The following compares logisticians and adjacent roles by actual work objects, core deliverables, and responsibility boundaries. Titles do not make qualifications interchangeable.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Production Managers | Industrial production managers oversee production sites, capacity, and personnel, delivering production results. Logisticians coordinate logistics functions and goods-flow solutions, delivering executable supply and logistics solutions. | Oversee production sites, capacity, and personnel management. | Compare if you prefer production management. |
| Production Planning and Expediting Clerks | Production planning and expediting clerks follow up materials and delivery dates under plans, focusing on execution. Logisticians design solutions, manage subcontractors, and review performance, with broader decision-making and coordination scope. |
AI impact on this career
Editorial trial candidate: use fictional requirements, inventory, cost, and transportation information to test aggregation, solution comparison, and performance reporting. Optimization algorithms, TMS, or forecasting software are not evidence of generative AI adoption rates. Authorized parties review assumptions, constraints, subcontracting agreements, and solution tradeoffs. AI Impact Score 67% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((75+75+50)/3+0.5)=67; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Chinese mainland salary reference
Statistical scope: the National Bureau of Statistics 2025 average annual wage for employed persons in transportation, storage, and postal services was 133,981 yuan per year for urban non-private units and 73,133 yuan per year for urban private units. The nationwide total for urban non-private units was 129,441 yuan per year. All are industry-level statistics, not this occupation's median or starting pay.
Category boundary: the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security publishes enterprise compensation survey information by occupation / position, which can be used to look up related logistics and supply-chain pay. This page did not obtain an entry matching O*NET 13-1081.00 exactly and does not treat it as this occupation's national median. Refer to competent authorities' publications for specifics.
Only average annual wages are published
U.S. salary reference
The table below shows US nationwide 2025 OEWS wage percentiles. Median wages and hourly values are used separately as reported by the occupational source. Separate employment projections are 255,100 workers in 2025 and 300,000 in 2035, 18% growth over 2025—2035, and 26,600 average annual openings from growth and replacement.
| Percentile | Annual reference | Hourly equivalent | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $50,890 per year | $24.47 per hour | 10th percentile boundary, not a personal pay quote. |
| Median (50%) | $82,320 per year |
Fit signals
To assess fit, first consider whether you can remain organized under multi-party coordination and time pressure, support solution tradeoffs with data and comparable definitions, manage subcontractors and exceptions, and accept responsibility for solution outcomes. Tools such as RIASEC can only suggest hypotheses; they cannot replace real task experience.
Positive signals： Positive signals: attention to detail and ability to organize complex data, willingness to communicate with clients and across departments, measuring performance against goals and standards, and staying organized under pressure while recording assumptions truthfully.
Conditions for caution： Conditions for caution: unwillingness to handle large amounts of data and spreadsheets, losing focus during multi-party coordination, difficulty making cost-versus-timeliness tradeoffs, or unwillingness to take responsibility for solutions.
Trial action： Trial action: use an entirely fictional supply scenario and data summary to practice requirements analysis, solution comparison, and risk explanations. Ask another person to review the records.
Risks and boundaries
Risks must be handled in terms of triggers, consequences, controls, and escalation boundaries.
Editorial risk scenarios derived from cost and timeliness, performance, data, communication, and proprietary-information protection tasks, not breach rates. Escalate according to contracts, access rights, and organizational authorization.
Typical scenario：When cost and timeliness targets conflict without explicit tradeoffs.
Roles most affected：Logistics solution and planning positions
Possible consequence：May affect service levels or expenses.
How to reduce risk：Compare on comparable terms and state the basis for tradeoffs; report major tradeoffs to management.
Evidence：O*NET 13-1081.00 Tasks
Entry paths
O*NET75% of respondents consider a bachelor's degree necessary for new entrants, 8% high school or equivalent, and 8% a postsecondary certificate. These are not current workers' educational attainment shares. JobZone4 is a preparation grouping; verify employers' actual course, experience, and training requirements separately.
Market signals
US O*NET / BLS: employment of 255,100 in 2025, projected 300,000 in 2035, 18% growth over 2025—2035, and 26,600 average annual openings from growth and replacement. Occupational projections are neither current hiring samples nor individual hiring probabilities.
Nationwide United States · O*NET 13-1081.00 (Nationwide United States)
O*NET2025 employment industries: manufacturing 22%, government 15%, professional, scientific, and technical services 15%, management of companies 11%, transportation and warehousing 11%, and wholesale trade 11%. US shares are not Chinese industry distributions, wages, or hiring-demand projections.
Employment size and growth
Employment size, growth rates, and job openings must be interpreted separately.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as an individual employment guarantee.
Logisticians on this page refers to O*NET 13-1081.00: analyzing and coordinating an organization's ongoing logistics functions throughout the product life cycle, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and resource disposal; managing subcontractors and logistics performance, directing material and finished-product allocation, optimizing goods flows, and supporting decisions through proposals and reports. Work mainly involves offices and cross-department coordination. This is distinct from industrial production managers, production planning and expediting clerks, purchasing managers, or supply chain managers.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
This is a review of an entirely fictional logistics solution sample, not a personality diagnosis, hiring conclusion, or qualification assessment.
Entirely fictional logistics solution sample: provide a fictional supply scenario containing 1 materials and inventory summary, 1 transportation route needing optimization, 1 subcontractor delay, and 1 cost constraint. Within 60 minutes, write requirements analysis, solution comparisons, subcontracting and risk handling, and key points for management reporting. Do not use real company, supplier, or contract data.
Check first: client requirements and service-level agreements, inventory and transportation data definitions, cost and timeliness constraints, subcontracting agreements and performance standards, project milestones, and assumptions and risk explanations to retain.
Work cycle: start with understanding needs and agreements, proceed through data collection, solution design and comparison, subcontractor management, execution and monitoring, then optimize performance and report results. Do not proceed until data definitions and constraints are confirmed.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
|---|---|---|
| Work cycle | From understanding requirements to reporting results | |
| Step one | Understand requirements and service agreements | |
| Step two | Collect inventory, transportation, and cost data | |
| Step three | Design and compare logistics solutions | |
| Step four | Select and manage subcontractors | |
| Step five | Direct allocation and monitor performance | |
| Step six | Optimize goods flows and report results |
Work inputs: client requirements and service levels, inventory and materials data, transportation and warehousing resources, subcontractors and contracts, logistics cost and performance metrics, and project plans and progress.
Checkable outputs: requirements analyses and solution comparisons, subcontractor performance specifications and review records, goods-flow optimization recommendations and cost estimates, project progress and results reports, and reviewable logistics performance metrics.
Full workflow: understand client needs and service agreements → collect inventory, transportation, and cost data → design and compare logistics solutions → select and manage subcontractors → direct material and finished-product allocation → monitor performance and optimize goods flows → report project results.
In the United States, this occupation typically falls in Job Zone 4. Most respondents hold bachelor's degrees and several years of experience are required. Credentials and training do not confer contract-signing or budget authority. This page does not assess individual eligibility.
Logisticians' Work Objects and AI Boundaries Editorial trial candidate: use fictional requirements, inventory, cost, and transportation information to test aggregation, solution comparison, and performance reporting. Optimization algorithms, TMS, or forecasting software are not evidence of generative AI adoption rates. Authorized parties review assumptions, constraints, subcontracting agreements, and solution tradeoffs.
| Follow up materials and delivery dates under plans, focusing on execution. |
| Compare if you prefer plan execution. |
| Purchasing Managers | Purchasing managers oversee purchasing functions and supplier strategy. Logisticians manage logistics functions spanning transportation, warehousing, distribution, and goods-flow optimization, with different responsibilities. | Manage purchasing functions and supplier strategy. | Compare if you prefer purchasing management. |
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| Supply Chain Managers | Supply chain managers oversee end-to-end supply-chain strategy and cross-functional governance. Logisticians focus on logistics solutions, execution coordination, and performance improvement, generally with narrower strategic and governance authority. | Oversee end-to-end supply-chain strategy and cross-functional governance. | Compare if you prefer strategic governance. |
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First use reviewable requirements and solution comparison explanations, cost estimates, and performance records to verify work objects, methods, and boundaries, then assess the direction. Do not assign a single ranking based on income or personality.
Next, turn comparison results into small-scale solution exercises and project observations that can be stopped.
Describe only specific steps tools can assist; do not treat demonstrations as institutional adoption.
Check data sources, system reliability, and review responsibility. This page has no adoption rate for the individual occupation.
Without occupational-level job outcome studies, do not infer layoff timing, staffing changes, or hiring probabilities.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requirements and data | Understand requirements and organize data | Editorial suggestion: tools may assist with route optimization, demand forecasting, and performance tracking. Current materials do not demonstrate widespread adoption of these systems by companies. | Verify data definitions and constraints. |
| Solutions and subcontracting | Design and compare solutions and manage subcontracting | May assist with routes and forecasting | Base decisions on data definitions and contractual constraints, retaining human judgment and records. |
| Performance and compliance | Review performance and handle compliance | Do not make automated decisions | Escalate under contract and management requirements. |
| Reporting and improvement | Report projects and optimize goods flows | May assist with reports and visualization | Management confirms conclusions. |
Occupational sources describe the tasks and objects actually handled in this occupation: client needs, inventory and transportation data, subcontractors and contracts, cost and performance metrics, and project coordination. Tool capabilities, organizational adoption, and job outcomes are recorded separately; wage or employment data do not substitute for AI evidence.
Editorial task breakdown: the assistance steps above are candidates for validation. This round obtained neither a ranking of automation difficulty across steps nor evidence of actual adoption outcomes. On-site judgment and authorized responsibilities require confirmation by the personnel responsible for the role.
AI primarily changesEditorial candidates for validation: forecasting and route optimization
Human responsibility remainsRequirements judgments and tradeoffs
AI primarily changesEditorial candidates for validation: reports and visualization
Human responsibility remainsMetric definitions and review
Human control points are verifying data definitions and constraints, judging solution tradeoffs, managing subcontractors and handling exceptions, and taking responsibility for solution outcomes and performance records.
Confirm requirements, data definitions, and constraints.
Act only within position and contract scope.
Review solution assumptions and risks.
Report anomalies immediately.
Lead to incorrect conclusions.
Control: Verify sources and definitions and retain traceable records.
Affects timeliness and costs.
Control: Set and track performance standards.
Affects service levels and expenses.
Control: Compare on comparable terms and report.
Practice data organization and solution comparison.
Retain assumption and performance records.
Establish data and contract boundaries first.
Task exposure, adoption, and job outcomes are different things to measure; they cannot establish dates for job cuts.
Source: O*NET 13-1081.00 Work ContextOriginal source ↗
Editorial trial candidate: use fictional requirements, inventory, cost, and transportation information to test aggregation, solution comparison, and performance reporting. Optimization algorithms, TMS, or forecasting software are not evidence of generative AI adoption rates. Authorized parties review assumptions, constraints, subcontracting agreements, and solution tradeoffs.
Source: O*NET 13-1081.00 (Detailed Profile)Original source ↗
Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no AI adoption rate, time-saving data, or causal employment study for this occupation.
Source: O*NET 13-1081.00 (Detailed Profile)Original source ↗
First conduct offline solution exercises using entirely fictional supply scenarios and data summaries, recording assumptions, comparisons, and escalation paths. Do not let unverified system forecasts replace judgment.
Only average annual wages are published
Insufficient evidence: not separately listed
Insufficient evidence: this round did not establish a separate wage match for this occupation. The industry averages below are broad proxies, not occupational medians, starting pay, or take-home income.
| Position scope | Reference value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Not separately measured | According to employer and position appointments | National Bureau of Statistics wage statistics are organized by industry and registration type, not educational tiers within this occupation. |
| Not separately measured | According to employer and position appointments | National Bureau of Statistics wage statistics are organized by industry and registration type, not educational tiers within this occupation. |
| Not separately measured | According to employer and position appointments | National Bureau of Statistics wage statistics are organized by industry and registration type, not educational tiers within this occupation. |
| Not separately measured | According to employer and position appointments | National Bureau of Statistics wage statistics are organized by industry and registration type, not educational tiers within this occupation. |
133,981 yuan per year
73,133 yuan per year
129,441 yuan per year
Insufficient evidence: no nationwide occupational median wage, statistical period, or definition corresponding to logisticians in mainland China was obtained. This page shows only an industry proxy labeled as industry-level data; it does not fill the gap with proxy figures or US figures.
| $39.58 per hour |
| 2025 nationwide US median annual wage. |
| 90th percentile | $133,160 per year | $64.02 per hour | 90th percentile boundary, not a personal pay quote. |
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Pay · 10th percentile：$50,890 per year；O*NET 13-1081.00 National Wages (BLS OEWS Display)
Pay · 25th percentile：$64,440 per year；O*NET 13-1081.00 National Wages (BLS OEWS Display)
Pay · median：$82,320 per year；O*NET 13-1081.00 National Wages (BLS OEWS Display)
Pay · 75th percentile：$106,190 per year；O*NET 13-1081.00 National Wages (BLS OEWS Display)
Pay · 90th percentile：$133,160 per year；O*NET 13-1081.00 National Wages (BLS OEWS Display)
US dollars per year; BLS 2025 OEWS nationwide scope, not personal take-home income.
Employment count in 2025, not currently advertised positions.
18% growth over 2025—2035; establishes neither individual hiring probabilities nor AI causation.
Listed separately under O*NET / BLS industry definitions; does not represent the income of all workers.
| Industry | Industry value | How to interpret |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | Not separately listed | Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no wage subtable for this occupation by industry. Overall percentiles cannot stand in for industry-specific median wages. |
| Government and professional, scientific, and technical services | Not separately listed | Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no wage subtable for this occupation by industry. Overall percentiles cannot stand in for industry-specific median wages. |
| Industry scope note one | See employment row | Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no wage subtable for this occupation by industry. Overall percentiles cannot stand in for industry-specific median wages. |
| Industry scope note two | See employment row | Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no wage subtable for this occupation by industry. Overall percentiles cannot stand in for industry-specific median wages. |
75% reflects respondents' opinions that new entrants need a bachelor's degree, not current workers' education or a uniform threshold. Verify contract and budget authority separately.
Editorial suggestion: demonstrate requirements definitions, comparable solutions, cost and timeliness tradeoffs, and subcontractor performance records. There is no comparative study showing experience is superior to course titles. Verify management appointments separately.
Verify industry, logistics nodes, and employer conditions for each position; nationwide percentiles do not estimate their income effects.
Check with work samples rather than replacing judgment with labels.
The RIASEC interest code is CEI (Conventional—Enterprising—Investigative): a preference for processing data under procedures, advancing solutions in business settings, and analyzing problems. These labels describe activity preferences only; they cannot determine competence, qualifications, or authorization.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck with work samples rather than replacing judgment with labels.
This round obtained no personality predictive-validity studies for logisticians. Compare solutions using fictional requirements, costs, and contractual constraints to observe data verification and coordination records. Do not use scales to judge hiring or budget authority.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck with work samples rather than replacing judgment with labels.
Type tools such as MBTI and the Enneagram cannot determine competence or qualifications; they may only support self-reflection.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck with work samples rather than replacing judgment with labels.
Further verification requires real tasks, responsibility boundaries, and reviewable deliverables.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck with work samples rather than replacing judgment with labels.
Further verification requires real tasks, responsibility boundaries, and reviewable deliverables.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck with work samples rather than replacing judgment with labels.
Further verification requires real tasks, responsibility boundaries, and reviewable deliverables.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialFits better when: Able to compare solutions using data.
Watch for: Assumptions must be recorded truthfully.
Fits better when: Able to set and track performance standards.
Watch for: Changes must be handled under contract.
Fits better when: Able to propose executable optimization solutions.
Watch for: Must assess service impacts.
Fits better when: Able to maintain and explain performance metrics.
Watch for: Definitions must be consistent.
Fits better when: Able to help multiple parties reach agreement.
Watch for: Matters beyond authority require escalation.
Fits better when: Able to report progress and risks at milestones.
Watch for: Risks must be reported truthfully.
Use this page's work sample to check data organization skills.
Check coordination and recordkeeping requirements against position processes.
Honestly assess whether you compare on comparable terms and report.
Follow up under contract and report risks truthfully.
Assess your ability to adapt to pace and multitasking.
Assess responsibility boundaries for assumptions and results.
Enable others to review solution explanations and performance records.
Complete a solution and reporting exercise using an entirely fictional supply scenario.
Typical scenario：When subcontractors are delayed or fail to meet performance standards.
Roles most affected：Subcontractor and contract management positions
Possible consequence：May affect delivery timeliness and costs.
How to reduce risk：Set performance standards under contract, follow up, and retain communication records.
Evidence：O*NET 13-1081.00 Tasks
Typical scenario：When inconsistent data definitions or forecasting bias lead to incorrect conclusions.
Roles most affected：Data and performance analysis positions
Possible consequence：May mislead solutions and decisions.
How to reduce risk：Verify sources and definitions and record assumptions.
Evidence：O*NET 13-1081.00 (Detailed Profile)
Typical scenario：When conflicting departmental needs are not coordinated promptly.
Roles most affected：Cross-department coordination positions
Possible consequence：May delay projects and affect clients.
How to reduce risk：Communicate at milestones and escalate conflicts.
Evidence：O*NET 13-1081.00 Work Context
Typical scenario：When proprietary materials or contract information are not managed according to permissions.
Roles most affected：Compliance and information management positions
Possible consequence：May cause contractual breaches or information leaks.
How to reduce risk：Access and protect information under compliance requirements and retain records.
Evidence：O*NET 13-1081.00 Tasks
Typical scenario：When forecasts or optimization suggestions are used as the basis for decisions without verification.
Roles most affected：Solution and data analysis positions
Possible consequence：May lead to incorrect judgments when constraints change.
How to reduce risk：Base decisions on data definitions, contractual constraints, and human judgment, retaining review records.
Evidence：O*NET 13-1081.00 (Detailed Profile)
Typical scope：Entry stage: practice organizing requirements, verifying data, and comparing solutions under supervision, participate in subcontractor and performance follow-up, and retain process records.
Readiness evidence：Evidence to demonstrate: use a reviewable requirements and solution comparison explanation, cost estimates, and performance metric records to demonstrate data-driven judgment.
Credential boundary：Verify employer and training requirements.
Next moves：Next step: verify the target employer's duties, system and data access, and supplier management boundaries, then validate solution design and coordination skills in supervised real projects.
Typical scope：Independently complete requirements analysis, solution comparisons, and performance tracking.
Readiness evidence：Retain solution and performance records.
Credential boundary：Verify position and industry requirements.
Next moves：Moving toward greater responsibility: with experience, take responsibility for more complex networks or projects, instruct new workers, or move into supply-chain, purchasing, and operations management.
Typical scope：Responsible for complex networks and cross-department projects.
Readiness evidence：Retain project and optimization records.
Credential boundary：Verify company and position requirements.
Next moves：Add evidence of project and contract management.
Typical scope：Responsible for teams and logistics performance standards.
Readiness evidence：Retain team and performance records.
Credential boundary：Verify company and position requirements.
Next moves：Add evidence of management responsibility.
Typical scope：Organize end-to-end data under supervision.
Readiness evidence：Retain data and report records.
Credential boundary：Verify employer requirements.
Next moves：Build supply-chain and planning knowledge.
Typical scope：Responsible for forecasting and planning coordination.
Readiness evidence：Retain forecasting and planning records.
Credential boundary：Verify position and employer requirements.
Next moves：Build modeling and coordination knowledge.
Typical scope：Responsible for cross-functional processes and network optimization.
Readiness evidence：Retain optimization and coordination records.
Credential boundary：Verify company requirements.
Next moves：Build process and governance knowledge.
Typical scope：Responsible for supply-chain strategy and teams.
Readiness evidence：Retain strategy and team records.
Credential boundary：Verify company requirements.
Next moves：Add evidence of management responsibility.
Typical scope：Organize requests for quotations and supplier information under supervision.
Readiness evidence：Retain quotation-request and supplier records.
Credential boundary：Verify employer requirements.
Next moves：Build purchasing and contract knowledge.
Typical scope：Complete quotation negotiations and contract follow-up within position purchasing authority; seek approval for over-budget spending or changes.
Readiness evidence：Retain negotiation and contract records.
Credential boundary：Verify position and employer requirements.
Next moves：Build negotiation and compliance knowledge.
Typical scope：Responsible for category strategy and supplier performance.
Readiness evidence：Retain category and performance records.
Credential boundary：Verify company requirements.
Next moves：Build category and risk management knowledge.
Typical scope：Responsible for purchasing teams and supplier governance.
Readiness evidence：Retain team and governance records.
Credential boundary：Verify company requirements.
Next moves：Add evidence of management responsibility.
Confirm requirements, data definitions, and contractual constraints.
Execute under the solution and monitor performance and risks.
Produce reviewable solution, performance, and reporting records.
Expand project and team duties within authorization.
Nationwide United States · O*NET 13-1081.00 (Nationwide United States)
26,600 openings per year (growth and replacement)
Average annual job openings
Includes replacement and new demand; not the number of positions currently advertised.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as an individual hiring probability.
Nationwide United States · O*NET 13-1081.00 (Nationwide United States)
$82,320 per year
Median annual wage
BLS 2025 OEWS nationwide median, not starting pay or take-home income.
Does not establish：Does not represent personal take-home income.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Transferable capabilities: requirements analysis and data organization, solution design and cost estimates, subcontractor and contract management, performance metrics and project coordination, and cross-department communication.
Build next：Transitioning to industrial production management requires production-site, capacity-scheduling, quality and equipment-safety management skills and evidence of personnel appointment. Logistics goods-flow solutions do not automatically cover manufacturing management responsibilities.
View career profileTransfers：Foundation in planning and data.
Build next：Need to add follow-up execution and system operation skills.
View career profileTransfers：Foundation in suppliers and contracts.
Build next：Need to add purchasing functions and category management skills.
View career profileTransfers：Foundation in transportation and warehousing operations.
Build next：Need to add facility operations and team management skills.
View career profileTransfers：Foundation in logistics and planning.
Build next：Need to add end-to-end strategy and governance skills.
View career profileTransfers：Foundation in project coordination and reporting.
Build next：Need to add project methods and scope management skills.
View career profileIndustrial production managers oversee production sites and capacity; production planning and expediting clerks follow up materials under plans; purchasing managers manage procurement and supplier strategy; supply chain managers oversee end-to-end strategy and governance; transportation, storage, and distribution managers oversee facility operations. Logisticians focus on logistics solutions, execution coordination, and performance improvement. Compare authority and deliverables to distinguish them.
Observable signals: attention to detail and ability to organize complex data, willingness to communicate with clients and across departments, measuring performance against goals and standards, and staying organized under pressure while recording assumptions truthfully. The O*NET interest code CEI describes activity preferences only; it cannot determine competence, qualifications, or authorization.
Transportation management, demand forecasting, and visualization systems may assist with route optimization, inventory forecasting, and performance tracking. However, requirements judgments, solution tradeoffs, subcontractor management, and risk decisions remain with logisticians and authorized parties. This page presents tool uses only as task hypotheses, not evidence of widespread company adoption.
Human responsibilities include verifying data definitions and contractual constraints, judging solution tradeoffs, managing subcontractors and handling exceptions, truthfully reporting assumptions and risks to management, and retaining reviewable performance records.
The National Bureau of Statistics publishes average annual wages for employed persons in urban units by industry category without listing this occupation separately, so a safely mapped nationwide occupational median cannot be established. This page shows only an industry proxy labeled as industry-level data: in 2025, transportation, storage, and postal services paid 133,981 yuan per year in urban non-private units and 73,133 yuan per year in urban private units; the nationwide total for urban non-private units was 129,441 yuan per year. None equals this occupation's median or starting pay. Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security enterprise compensation survey information is provided as a lookup entry point.
BLS 2025 OEWS data, displayed through O*NET, show a median annual wage of 82,320 US dollars, approximately 39.58 US dollars per hour, and a range from the 10th to the 90th percentile of 50,890—133,160 US dollars. These are nationwide statistics, not personal take-home income or starting pay. This occupation is mostly full-time with performance pay or bonuses; actual income depends on industry, location, and management duties.
In the United States, this occupation typically falls in Job Zone 4, requiring considerable preparation. Most respondents, about 75%, hold bachelor's degrees, and several years of experience and on-the-job training are often required. Credentials and training do not equal professional practice authorization. Mainland China: there is no unified occupational qualification exactly corresponding to this O*NET occupation; requirements are generally determined by employers and industry.
Main risks include cost and timeliness tradeoffs, subcontractor performance and contracts, data definitions and forecasting bias, cross-department coordination and communication, and compliance and proprietary-material protection. Controls include verifying data definitions and contracts, setting and tracking performance standards, retaining assumption and risk records, and escalating exceptions to management. Verify legal and contractual matters under the applicable jurisdiction.
O*NET cites BLS data showing about 241,000 employed in 2024, projected growth of about 17% over 2024—2034, much faster than average, about 281,300 employed in 2034, and about 26,400 average annual job openings. These projections are occupational statistics, not individual hiring probabilities or a sample of job advertisements.
If you can remain organized under multi-party coordination and time pressure, are willing to support solutions with data, and record assumptions and risks truthfully, it is worth using an entirely fictional supply scenario for a low-cost solution and reporting exercise. Moving into supply-chain, purchasing, or operations management requires corresponding authority, contract knowledge, and evidence of responsibility.
Evidence for China, the United States, and specific institutions is stated separately: pay, employment, qualifications, safety, and AI conclusions must not be combined across scopes. The logistician page offers occupational judgment and management exercise information and does not replace local laws, contracts, or other professional advice. Any statement of insufficient evidence means only that a bounded search did not establish safely corresponding data; proxies or memory are not used to fabricate figures.
FermatMind research workflow
2025 annual wages; published 2026-05-15; accessed 2026-09-25
Average Annual Wages of Employed Persons in Urban Units in 2025
Limitations：Applies only to 13-1081.00 and the US market; establishes neither a Chinese mapping nor legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to 13-1081.00 and the US market; tasks differ from organizational procedures.
Limitations：The task sample does not mean every position performs every task; it establishes no Chinese mapping.
Limitations：US work context does not replace Chinese regulations or organizational procedures.
Limitations：Displays BLS OEWS wage data; percentiles are not starting pay. Retain the stated period, population, geography, and units.
Limitations：Projections do not guarantee hiring and do not include individual hiring probabilities.
Limitations：Industry distribution signals employer settings, not growth or demand projections.
Limitations：The education distribution does not represent mandatory requirements for every employer; it establishes no Chinese mapping.
Limitations：Industry averages are not occupational medians and exclude individual businesses and freelancers. No nationwide wage distribution corresponding to the exact occupation has been established.
Limitations：Covers urban enterprises, excluding government agencies and public institutions. This page did not obtain an exact match for this occupation and does not treat the data as a nationwide median.
Limitations：The editorial scale is not evidence of adoption rates, layoffs, regulations, or licenses.
Limitations：Not equivalent to the O*NET occupation or mandatory entry for every position; verify current target assessment arrangements separately
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
13-1081.00 Logisticians covers full-life-cycle logistics analysis and coordination, not just 13-1081.02 Logistics Analysts. Current 2025 wages: 50890 / 64440 / 82320 / 106190 / 133160, hourly 39.58; 2025—2035 employment 255100 → 300000, 18%, openings 26600. 2025 industry shares: manufacturing 22 / government 15 / professional services 15 / management of companies 11 / transportation 11 / wholesale 11%. CEI describes activity preferences; education surveys new entrants' requirements. NBS2025 transportation figures are proxies only. China's 2020 logistics service specialist standard does not equal mandatory entry or the US code. Protected identity / CTA, FAQ, and shared sources retain older titles, projections, education, and qualification statements pending review. Exact Chinese wages, AI and personality evidence, and detailed-industry wages remain gaps.
