Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Material Handler: $46K median posted pay.
From 124 salary bands employers posted on 438 open material handler roles in transport & logistics. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 64 | $46K | — |
| Senior | 12 | — (4 of 8 bands) | — |
| Junior | 1 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| O'Reilly Auto Parts | 77 | — |
| Thermofisher | 33 | — |
| RR Donnelley | 30 | — |
| Jabil | 19 | — |
| Watts Water | 14 | — |
| Avantor | 11 | — |
| Genpt | 10 | — |
| Flir | 9 | — |
| Cat (CaterpillarCareers) | 8 | — |
| Smithfieldfoods | 7 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open material handler roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Forklift Operation | 193 | — |
| Warehouse Operations | 181 | — |
| Docker | 132 | — |
| Inventory Control | 125 | — |
| Warehouse Management Systems | 106 | — |
| Supply Chain Coordination | 82 | — |
| Auditing | 77 | — |
| Continuous Improvement | 74 | — |
| Packaging Operations | 62 | — |
| Materials Handling | 52 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%1 roles
- On site92%402 roles
- Not stated8%35 roles
Make transport & logistics your path — free.
A CareerVersion remembers your record and shows you three real transport & logistics roles and the three skills the market asks for, on your first screen.
How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 438 open postings read from 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 — and 124 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Material Handler (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in transport & logistics, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.