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Business and Financial Operations

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.

Also called: Client Services Administrator, Logistician, Production Planner, Supply Management Specialist, Acquisition Logistics Engineer, Logistics Engineer

Median pay in Greater Boston
$101,540
$48.82/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
4,510
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+16.6%
630 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Bachelor's degree

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$67,140$79,270$101,540$132,040$161,830

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • 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.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure85 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 87
  • Language-model AIOE 77
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 92

Observed AI use today: Substantial (Anthropic Economic Index)

Logisticians have higher AI exposure, and observed AI use is substantial. Tools can help with proposals, estimates, and performance reviews. Building customer and subcontractor relationships relies on people. Massachusetts growth is strong at 16.6%, and e-commerce is making logistics more complex.

Likely to change

  • Preparing proposals and cost estimates
  • Tracking performance against targets and benchmarks

Still relies on people

  • Building trust with customers and key contacts
  • Managing subcontractors and resolving delivery problems

What federal projections say

“Demand change - share increases as the growth of e-commerce makes logistics more dynamic and complex.”
BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, factors affecting this job (U.S.)

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

53 programs near Boston (plus 28 graduate)

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