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Question: What is the average salary for logistics and what’s the salary range for logistics jobs?

William, Director of Operations Logistics:
Answer: This varies greatly depending on which field and kind of like what value add. And I hate to say that, but if you’re talking about, let’s say, you know, day to day logistics, I guess nowadays you’re in the range starts at like $60,000. If you’re in procurement, you’re going to work strategic, either strategic logistics or materials or whatever entry level you. It’s going to be really high. It’s going to be probably about $80,000 or $90,000. And then top level people or executives make $200,000 or $300,000. It’s all about what value you can add. And of the positions that I listed, you know, procurement and logistics and inventory and all that kind of stuff, procurement people usually get paid the most because they can really show what value they’re bringing.

Jacob, Host at Logistics Degree:
Question: In your experience, what range this someone with the supply chain degree stand to make, what would kind of entry level positions in the industry starting at salary-wise and then what would maybe be the high end you’re hoping to obtain further down in your career?

Corben, Supply Chain Management Professional:
Answer: Yeah, so you come in expecting something around $50,000 that’s a pretty loose number, you know, depending on where you are, what space you’re in. But that’s a good ballpark to start with. And then as you move up in the company, maybe you get your MBA that’s Masters at business administration and you could work out towards 100K six figures. If you are just a typical, you know, just employee kind of work through the system, you’re not likely to make $500,000 a year unless you’re become the CEO of the company. But there might be a chance where you could really make a great living if you get some good sales packages or get into the company and you could get there or work for yourself and build your own business and then have an asset you could sell one day if you sell the company. But typical $50k up to maybe six figures at most starting you can bank on definitely at least $50,000.

Alexander, Supply Chain and Procurement Professional:
Answer: I would say an average entry level salary would be around $60,000 for supply chain majors. Also, if you get a master’s degree, I think you could also raise it by at least $10 to 20k starting at $70k plus. Also, it really depends on what kind of industry you’re working in, in my opinion. So that’s why I would kind of keep the entry level to at least $50,000. But depending on the industry, most industries I’ve seen are $60,000 bachelor’s degree.

Haley, Logistics Project Manager:
Answer: So all kind of say that I studied information systems, which has aspects of logistics in it and a lot of technology. So I’ll definitely say that’s going to be on the higher end, kind of the more technology portion of this. But I’ll try to focus more on just the general supply chain. I would say the average graduating with a bachelor’s degree could be anywhere from $55 to $70,000 for bachelors. And then if you have a master’s degree, it would go closer up from like $75,000 to $90,000 on average with the higher end. Like I said, tech is booming right now, not just for software engineers, like I said, in kind of the program project management. And in that space, you can graduate with a bachelor’s degree making around $115,000 plus signing bonus plus stock. So your whole total Comp can be pretty large. And one thing I always like to point people to is a website called levels data for AI, where you can get company specific information and you can even look up roles and what all the companies in that space are hiring people at and look at different levels of experience and everything. So that’s a great resource.

Nathan, Logistician:
Answer: Junior analyst and junior planners are going to be in the $50,000 to $60,000 range, probably a little bit more with inflation. Once you have a couple of years of experience, you’re likely to get in the $70 to $80,000 senior level or probably in the $150,000 range.