Headline risk
3%
Very Low RiskLogisticians
AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 11% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 80,880
Employment 2024
241.0K
Projected Change (2024–34)
16.7%
Openings (2024–34)
26.4K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of logisticians is projected to grow 17 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity. AI use: 0%
- 2. Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met. AI use: 100%
- 3. Maintain databases of logistics information. AI use: 94%
- 4. Identify cost-reduction or process-improvement logistic opportunities. AI use: 0%
- 5. Prepare logistic strategies or conceptual designs for production facilities. AI use: 0%
- 6. Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 41.1 · 209K employed
Under 25: 7% · 25–54: 77% · 55+: 16%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Data quality
Employment data available
Narrative & sources
Logisticians analyze and coordinate an organization’s supply chain.
Logisticians work in many industries. Most work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week.
Logisticians typically need a bachelor’s degree, although less education may be sufficient for some jobs. Employers may prefer work experience, especially when hiring candidates who do not have a degree.
The median annual wage for logisticians was $80,880 in May 2024.
Employment of logisticians is projected to grow 17 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations.
Important context
This score measures structural AI displacement pressure, not actual job losses. Local wages and demand data are specific to United States AI Work Index; the underlying AI task overlap analysis is consistent across all countries.