Logistician salary

At a glance

• Mostly Level II (mid-level). 37% of Logistician filings are Level II, compared with 42% across all H-1B filings.
• Top filer: Amazon. 558 filings (11% of the total), median $105,000.
• Pay depends on the city. Among the 10 metro areas with the most filings, the median ranges from $77,400 in Chicago, IL to $136,300 in San Jose, CA.
• Median up 18% since FY2020. From $77,501 in FY2020 to $91,541 in FY2026 (Q1–Q3). Nominal, not adjusted for inflation.

Logistician H-1B salary overview

Employers filed 5,179 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Logistician jobs in FY2025–FY2026 (occupation code 13-1081, Logisticians). The median base salary is $91,400, 26% below the median for all H-1B filings ($122,699), and half of the filings fall between $72,469 and $119,600. The most common wage level is Level II (mid-level), at 37% of filings. New York, NY has the most filings (453), and Amazon is the employer that files the most (558).

Top employers for Logistician

Amazon558 filings · 11%$105,000 Tesla231 filings · 4%$114,400 Apple218 filings · 4%$141,939 EY117 filings · 2%$175,000 Microsoft74 filings · 1%$156,360 Cummins73 filings · 1%$77,522 Walmart55 filings · 1%$119,600 Niagara Bottling54 filings · 1%$104,500 Gofo49 filings · 1%$54,870 TikTok45 filings · 1%$173,000

Employers with the most Logistician filings. Bar: share of all Logistician filings. Figure: median base salary.

Pay by level

Logistician pay by city

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

What a Logistician does

Analyze and coordinate the ongoing logistical functions of a firm or organization. Responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources.

Typical tasks

• Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity.
• Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met.
• Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.
• Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.
• Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.
• Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.

Preparation

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET occupation: Logisticians (13-1081.00). This section includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

H-1B pay vs. all U.S. workers

Across all U.S. workers in this occupation (Logisticians), the median annual wage was $82,320 in May 2025, with 251,040 people employed. The median H-1B base salary in FY2025–FY2026 is $91,400, 11% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). BLS wages cover all wage and salary workers and include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are the base salary offered on certified LCAs. The two sources cover different periods. BLS reports wages of $239,200 or more as a single top value.

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