Business & Finance
Logistics Engineers
Also called: Acquisition Logistics Engineer, Logistics Engineer, Logistics Specialist, Reliability Engineer
US median pay
$82,320
per year, 2025
Job growth 2025–35
+17.6%
faster than average
Openings a year (US)
26,600
255,100 employed
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Preparation 4/5 · Considerable preparation
What this job is
Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.
What they do day to day
- Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities.
- Analyze or interpret logistics data involving customer service, forecasting, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, transportation, or warehousing.
- Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities.
- Conduct logistics studies or analyses, such as time studies, zero-base analyses, rate analyses, network analyses, flow-path analyses, or supply chain analyses.
- Develop logistic metrics, internal analysis tools, or key performance indicators for business units.
- Identify or develop business rules or standard operating procedures to streamline operating processes.
- Interview key staff or tour facilities to identify efficiency-improvement, cost-reduction, or service-delivery opportunities.
- Apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues, such as operational process improvement or facility design or layout.
- Design plant distribution centers.
- Review contractual commitments, customer specifications, or related information to determine logistics or support requirements.
Skills and knowledge that matter most
Skills
- Systems Analysis4.6/5
- Systems Evaluation4.1/5
- Complex Problem Solving4.1/5
- Judgment and Decision Making4.0/5
- Time Management3.9/5
- Operations Analysis3.8/5
- Coordination3.2/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.0/5
Knowledge
- Engineering and Technology4.2/5
- Mathematics4.0/5
- Transportation4.0/5
- Production and Processing3.9/5
- Computers and Electronics3.9/5
- English Language3.7/5
Importance rated by people working in the job (1 = not important, 5 = extremely important).
Education and preparation
Preparation level 4 of 5 — Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree and several years of related experience.
Typical entry education (BLS): Bachelor's degree.
Highest education of people in this job:
- Bachelor's degree74%
Who this job suits
Mostly Conventional
Organising data, details and procedures
Investigative
Ideas, research and solving problems
Realistic
Hands-on work with tools, machines, plants or animals
Based on the Holland (RIASEC) interest profile for this occupation.