Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
SOC 11-3071 · 2024-2034
Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable government laws or regulations. Includes logistics managers.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $125,857per year
- Projected openings
- 29,110
- Projected change
- +11.9%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Coordination
- Speaking
- Instructing
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $167,224 | 1,500 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $134,564 | 2,320 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $131,230 | 1,460 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $117,125 | 100 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $114,688 | 130 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $111,021 | 2,180 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $110,512 | 130 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $108,408 | 2,270 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $107,925 | 250 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $106,662 | 1,500 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $106,509 | 210 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $106,356 | 440 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $106,187 | 9,080 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $103,647 | 70 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $103,280 | 60 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $102,618 | 290 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $100,876 | 100 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $100,876 | 300 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $100,805 | 60 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $100,418 | 270 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $99,878 | 650 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $99,471 | 180 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $98,707 | 90 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $98,289 | 1,110 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $97,861 | 4,770 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $97,291 | 80 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $94,918 | 700 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $90,956 | 280 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $90,253 | 110 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $89,112 | 120 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $84,743 | 70 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logisticians | $94,448 | 38,460 | +19.5% |
| General and Operations Managers | $126,477 | 264,410 | +6.7% |
| Facilities Managers | $120,610 | 19,690 | +8% |
| Industrial Production Managers | $134,845 | 18,120 | +0.8% |
| Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other | $100,641 | 2,990 | +6.1% |
| Project Management Specialists | $122,938 | 89,550 | +6.8% |
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