Logistics Analysts
Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.
Logistics Analysts analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing. The role reports a median annual salary of $80,880 in the US and is projected to grow 17% over the next decade (much faster than average). Entry typically requires a Bachelor's degree, and shows high AI exposure (0.75 on a 0-1 scale) — significant portions of core tasks are already being automated. The most in-demand skills for the role include theory of constraints, multimodal transport logistics, green logistics, logistics, supply chain management.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £53,295 a year for Management consultants and business analysts (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £40,202 to £70,977 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2431). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only Logistics Analysts, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
How to get here in India
No single fixed route is listed for this career. These Indian degrees lead to it, according to the US CIP–SOC education-to-occupation crosswalk; open a degree for its entrance exams and colleges.[1]
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Supply Chain Management — BBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (three or four years)
Entrance exams: CUET-UG
Rules change: check the exam body's and regulator's current notice before you apply.
- CIP 2020 – SOC 2018 crosswalk (NCES / BLS) (read on 2026-09-27)
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Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Transportation
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Customer and Personal Service
- Education and Training
- Administrative
What you'd actually do
- Maintain databases of logistics information.
- Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.
- Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.
- Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
- Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
- Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does Logistics Analysts do?
Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.
How much does Logistics Analysts earn?
The median annual salary for Logistics Analysts in the US is $80,880.
What is the job outlook for Logistics Analysts?
The role is projected to grow 17% over the next decade (much faster than average). Current US employment is approximately 241,000 workers.
How do I become logistics analysts?
The typical entry education is a Bachelor's degree. Building a foundation in the top skills below will strengthen your application.
What skills does Logistics Analysts need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include theory of constraints, multimodal transport logistics, green logistics, logistics, supply chain management, maintain logistics databases. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace Logistics Analysts?
Our AI-durability model gives Logistics Analysts a score of 0.75 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at high AI risk — many core tasks are already being automated by generative AI and workflow tools. Focus on AI-adjacent skills or plan a pivot to an AI-durable adjacent role.
How hard is it to enter this field?
Logistics Analysts has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.