Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Transport & logistics: 12,450 open roles, 2,228 entry level.
Moving goods and people — driving, warehousing, dispatch, supply chain and fleet.
9,383 of these postings state no level; the entry-level count is over the ones that do, plus any that ask for a year or less and are not titled senior. Pay is the median of posted bands, in USD, only where eight or more roles posted one; 1 posted figure that could not be a year's pay was left out. Only open roles are counted.
The roles, as the postings name them
Open roles and posted pay by role.
| Role | Open roles | Median posted band |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery Specialist | 935 | $39K |
| Warehouse Associate | 644 | $45K |
| Material Handler | 438 | $46K |
| Store Driver | 315 | — (0 of 8 bands) |
| Delivery Driver | 286 | $51K |
| Local Cdl A Driver | 255 | — (2 of 8 bands) |
| Forklift Operator | 223 | $44K |
| Driver | 167 | $43K |
| Warehouse Supervisor | 151 | $72K |
| Customer Delivery Driver | 133 | $42K |
| Van Delivery Driver | 128 | $36K |
| Manager | 112 | $120K |
What each pays, on its own page: Warehouse Associate, Material Handler, Delivery Driver, Forklift Operator, Warehouse Supervisor, Truck Driver, Forklift Driver, Logistics Management Specialist, Warehouse Worker, Warehouse Operator, Logistics Specialist, Logistics Coordinator.
A role is the posting’s own title with its level, shift and schedule set aside, so “Registered Nurse – ICU (Nights)” and “Senior Registered Nurse” are one role. The twelve most posted; pay is the median of posted bands, where eight or more roles posted one.
The skills, as the postings name them
What the postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Service | 4,052 | 28% |
| Forklift Operation | 2,527 | 32% |
| Commercial Driving | 2,390 | 15% |
| Warehouse Operations | 1,877 | 22% |
| Supply Chain Coordination | 1,734 | 14% |
| Inventory Control | 1,605 | 19% |
| Dispatch | 1,577 | 11% |
| Continuous Improvement | 1,501 | 7% |
| Fleet Maintenance | 1,282 | 2% |
| Spreadsheet Analysis | 1,203 | 10% |
| Visual Merchandising | 1,067 | 8% |
| Store Management | 1,037 | 0% |
A count of open postings naming each skill, the twelve most named; “at entry” is the share of the 2,228 entry-level postings that name it. Never a trend, never a score of you. Which of these you already have, and what you would learn first, is on your CareerVersion.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERN | 82 | — (7 of 8 bands) | — |
| JUNIOR | 1,329 | $45K | $41K–$49K |
| MID | 198 | $50K | $42K–$58K |
| SENIOR | 232 | $95K | $59K–$128K |
| STAFF | 432 | $72K | $69K–$80K |
| PRINCIPAL | 36 | $119K | $87K–$130K |
| MANAGEMENT | 758 | $110K | $83K–$161K |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band; the middle half is the twenty-fifth to seventy-fifth percentile of those bands.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| O'Reilly Auto Parts | 1,125 | 5 |
| A.P. Moller - Maersk | 653 | 304 |
| Genpt | 642 | 43 |
| Universal Logistics Holdings | 393 | 32 |
| US Foods | 358 | 6 |
| Central Transport | 338 | 18 |
| Carvana | 308 | 40 |
| Hcmportal | 281 | 23 |
| Usjobs Gen Gfs | 251 | 143 |
| Ferguson (Ferguson Experienced) | 214 | 105 |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The twelve with the most open roles in this career tonight; “entry level” is how many of those ask for no prior experience.
Where the work is
1% of open transport & logistics roles are remote.
- Remote1%114 roles
- Hybrid1%71 roles
- On site85%10,561 roles
- Not stated14%1,704 roles
As the boards state it. Nothing in the postings supports a city-level figure, so none is given.
How this was counted
Every figure here is counted from 12,450 open postings read from 861 employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model: a level shows a median only where eight or more postings carried one, and 3,547 of these postings did. 1 posted bands whose midpoint could not be a year's pay in US dollars were left out of every figure. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so one role is one row. The same counts as Markdown are at facts.md.
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Counted October 17, 2026 from 12,450 open postings; refreshed nightly. Facts as Markdown: facts.md.