Salary Survey

Our latest Peerless Research Group (PRG) survey reveals current salary trends, career satisfaction rates, and shifting job priorities for individuals working in logistics and supply chain management. Here are all of the findings—and a few surprises.

As loyal readers of Logistics Management are well aware, we’re sticklers for tradition—especially for research and annual lists. This month marks the 40th year we’ve shared our Annual Salary Survey and the 20th year we’ve worked with SJ Consulting in Pittsburgh to create our Top 50 Trucking lists.

Logistics Management is proud to offer the complete results and analysis of our 38th Annual Salary Survey.

A confluence of factors—labor demand that’s outpacing supply, worker retention challenges, rising e-commerce sales, supply chain shortages, and relatively healthy economic conditions—have led to a rebound in supply chain salaries.

For the 38th year running, Logistics Management (LM) is using its April issue to share the findings of our Annual Salary Survey, the clearest, most comprehensive snapshot available of logistics management salaries and employee development needs available in the market. As in years past,

Our findings tell us that shippers are feeling a renewed sense of purpose and are now concentrating on building more resilient careers due what they just experienced.

Given the number of managers furloughed without pay during the first part of the pandemic, analysts were hardly surprised that salaries remained fairly stagnant in 2020. At the same time, our survey reveals a resiliency pointing to raises in this year of recovery.

Job satisfaction took a hit this past year, as more logistics managers were loaded with additional tasks and business objectives. Salaries continued to climb, however, suggesting that demand for these skill sets has never been higher.

35th Annual Salary Survey, the most comprehensive report of the current state of salaries and overall compensation packages for logistics and supply chain professionals.

While job satisfaction remains the primary reason for today’s logistics managers to stay with one company, salaries are barely keeping pace with inflation. With the aging of the industry’s workforce, this trend will need a correction.

This month we roll out the findings of Logistics Management’s 35th Annual Salary Survey, a research project conducted by Peerless Research Group (PRG) that serves as the foundation of our best-read editorial feature of our publishing year. And it’s no surprise that the full study is also the most downloaded PRG report.

Materials handling professionals are as committed as ever to advancing the industry— although there is still plenty of room for young faces in this lucrative and fulfilling career.

Over the past few years, we’ve used our June issue to address the importance of continuing education and the steps logistics management professionals can take to help recruit, nurture and retain the single most valuable asset of any organization—its people.

As companies continue to search for the next generation of logistics management talent, the existing workforce is being asked to deliver more than ever before. While our survey respondents aren’t griping about the workload, they maintain that new challenges require more resources.

One challenge that every logistics professional and organization will need to face—and soon—is attracting, developing and retaining new talent