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Logisticians

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.

95 AI exposure
31 Human advantage
73 Market demand
66 AI leverage

Is Logisticians a safe career from AI?

Logisticians scores 95 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 31, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 73 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 17.6% over ten years.

What Logisticians pay

The median wage is $80,880 a year. The lower quarter earns under $62,920 and the upper quarter over $104,330. About 235,640 people do this work in the United States.

Where Logisticians can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

Chief Sustainability Officers 94% of the skills carry over $206k median
Chief Executives 93% of the skills carry over $206k median
Loss Prevention Managers 91% of the skills carry over $137k median
Compliance Managers 88% of the skills carry over $137k median

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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