INDUSTRY:
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
A career in this industry might include driving trucks, trains, or aircraft. It may also include maintaining delivery systems or repair for vehicles in a distribution network.
There are 65 careers in this industry
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.
- Median Salary:$41,230
- Most Common Education:High school
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified.
- Median Salary:$36,110
- Most Common Education:High school
Light Truck Drivers
Drive a light vehicle, such as a truck or van, with a capacity of less than 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), primarily to pick up merchandise or packages from a distribution center and deliver. May load and unload vehicle.
- Median Salary:$40,410
- Most Common Education:High school
Locomotive Engineers
Drive electric, diesel-electric, steam, or gas-turbine-electric locomotives to transport passengers or freight. Interpret train orders, electronic or manual signals, and railroad rules and regulations.
- Median Salary:$74,570
- Most Common Education:High school
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.
- Median Salary:$77,520
- Most Common Education:Bachelor's degree
Logistics Analysts
Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.
- Median Salary:$77,520
- Most Common Education:Bachelor's degree
Logistics Engineers
Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.
- Median Salary:$77,520
- Most Common Education:Bachelor's degree
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.
- Median Salary:$59,440
- Most Common Education:Post-secondary certificate
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
Repair and adjust electrical and mechanical equipment of inboard or inboard-outboard boat engines.
- Median Salary:$48,280
- Most Common Education:Post-secondary certificate
Motorboat Operators
Operate small motor-driven boats. May assist in navigational activities.
- Median Salary:$41,430
- Most Common Education:High school