{"id":7589,"date":"2015-04-29T08:10:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=7589"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:16:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:16:34","slug":"median-salary-logistics-managers-reaches-95k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/median-salary-logistics-managers-reaches-95k\/","title":{"rendered":"Median Salary for Logistics Managers Reaches $95K"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6091\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/truck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6091 \" style=\"margin: 8px\" alt=\"trucks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/truck-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a new survey, the median salary for managers in the logistics industry has reached $95,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>The survey &#8212; which was conducted by the Peerless Research Group for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logisticsmgmt.com\/article\/31st_annual_salary_survey_work_smart_earn_more?utm_source=lmpreview&amp;utm_medium=NLT\">Logistics Management<\/a> &#8212; also found that managers between the ages of 45 and 54 earn the most money. But logistics managers in the 35 to 44 age group saw a big bump in their median annual salary. Last year, it was $65,000 while in 2015 it was $91,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Managers Received Raises This Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overall, 60% of respondents said their salary has improved during the past year or at least kept pace with the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>Other findings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most logistics managers (60%) received a raise during the past year while 35% said there was no change and 5% actually earned less money than the previous year.<\/li>\n<li>77% of logistics managers surveyed said their responsibilities have increased during the past year\u00a0while 20% said they have stayed the same and 3% said they are actually being asked to do less.<\/li>\n<li>Job satisfaction remains high as more than 50% of respondents said they were &#8220;very&#8221; happy in their current position.<\/li>\n<li>Logistics managers who stay with their employer longer tend to earn more compared to those who leave to pursue other opportunities. But at the same time, more than 50% of those surveyed said &#8220;job pursuit&#8221; is something they are interested in.<\/li>\n<li>Managers with an MBA had a substantially higher median salary &#8212; $144,000 per year &#8212; while those with other advanced degrees had a median salary of $133,375.<\/li>\n<li>Male logistics managers earn more than their female counterparts. The median salary for men was more than $100,000 while women in positions with similar job descriptions had a median salary of only $86,370.<\/li>\n<li>83% of respondents said they would encourage their children and friends to pursue logistics management as a career path.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Median Pay by Job Title<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The job title that had the highest median salary \u00a0was vice president\/general manager ($156,000), followed by corporate division manager ($142,000), supply chain director\/manager ($130,000), distribution director\/manager ($108,500), transportation director\/manager ($104,500), engineering management ($101,000), consultant ($100,000), logistics director\/manager ($95,000), sales ($92,000), operations manager ($89,000), purchasing\/produrement director\/manager ($85,000), traffic manager ($65,000), and warehouse director\/manager ($62,000).<\/p>\n<p>Regionally, the highest logistics managers were in the Midwest and New England, which were tied with a median annual salary of $115,000, followed by the West ($105,000), the Southeast ($101,500), Mountain ($91,000), and the South ($90,000).<\/p>\n<p>Respondents said the money they earn was not the only determinator of how satisfied they were in their jobs &#8212; or even the most important one. Having a &#8220;feeling of accomplishment&#8221; was the top vote-getter (64%), followed by having a good &#8220;relationship with colleagues&#8221; (52%). Only 48% cited salary as their top concern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Always Looking to Improve<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most logistics managers surveyed said they would be interested in working for someone else if the conditions were right. Only 31% said they were &#8220;happy where I am&#8221;. Of the rest, 42% said they were always looking for better opportunities, 18% said they were passively looking, and 9% said they were actively looking for a new job.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was based on questionnaires filled out by 700 qualified readers of Logistics Management. Participants were asked about their total compensation package, including their salaries, bonuses and other income.<\/p>\n<p>This was the 31st consecutive year that Logistics Management has conducted its salary survey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new survey, the median salary for managers in the logistics industry has reached $95,000 per year. The survey &#8212; which was conducted by the Peerless Research Group for Logistics Management &#8212; also found that managers between the ages of 45 and 54 earn the most money. But logistics managers in the 35 &#8230; <a title=\"Median Salary for Logistics Managers Reaches $95K\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/median-salary-logistics-managers-reaches-95k\/\" aria-label=\"More on Median Salary for Logistics Managers Reaches $95K\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,293],"tags":[976,1079],"class_list":["post-7589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-material-handling","category-news","tag-featured","tag-material-handling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12273,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7589\/revisions\/12273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}