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What is the average and median pay for third party logistics (3PL) professionals by role, location( within USA) and years of experience?
Hello and thanks for your question regarding the average and median pay for third-party logistics professionals in the U.S. by role, and years of experience. The most helpful resources I found in locating an answer to this question were reports done by Indeed.com and Payscale.com. The short answer is that the median salary for a Logistics Manager is roughly $63,000. Below you will find more figures on this topic.
METHODOLOGY
In orde to provide you with the best possible answer, I conducted a search for any and all available data on the pay scale of 3PL professionals, prioritizing the most recent data available. I gathered all of the available public info regarding averages salaries for 3PL professionals, including several different roles, and listed them all in a Google sheet appended below. Unfortunately, I am unable to say definitively whether or not these pay scales were for employees that work for "asset light" companies. Though, as 3PL is defined as a third party logistics service, I am making the plausible assumption that all of the figures listed in the reports by Indeed.com and Payscale.com are for individuals who fall under that category, as both reports clearly indicate that these salaries are for third-party logistics professionals. Largely it remains unclear what experience level these employees operate with--that information was not provided in any of the published reports. However, I made certain that all of these figures are specific to the U.S. I was also able to locate data regarding the breakdown of Logistics Manager salaries by region.
AVERAGE AND MEDIAN SALARIES FOR 3PL PROFESSIONALS
According to Payscale.com, "Approximately one-half of Logistics Managers in the United States have been in the field for more than 10 years. Pay can fall anywhere from $38K to $96K per year, but median earnings come to around $63K per year." City, tenure, and specific employer are reportedly the biggest factor that can affect the salary of a Logistics Manager.
In the spreadsheet appended here, I have listed all publicly available data on the average pay for 3PL professionals broken out by their specific positions, based on national salary data.
SALARY BREAKDOWN BY REGIONS
A recent article from Logistics Management provided numbers on the salaries of Logistics Managers in the U.S. regionally. Two of the managers surveyed gave a statement to the publication, noting that they had roughly ten years of experience and currently work for asset light companies (Yogi Tea, and Zachary Industrial Inc.).
Average: $115,110
Median: $94,500
Average: $122,440
Median: $92,000
Average: $105,250
Median: $97,000
Average: $109,310
Median: $88,000
Average: $113,700
Median: $95,000
Average: $94,380
Median: $81,000
Average: $77,750
Median: $72,000
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