Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

11-3071 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Occupational Description:
Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable government laws or regulations. Includes logistics managers.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2026

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minnesota	4,030	202	$62.89/hr	$35.01/hr	$44.69/hr	$57.77/hr	$76.27/hr	$97.99/hr

Leading Industries for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Natural Resources and Mining	N/A	N/A
Construction	190	$39.16/hr
Manufacturing	900	$63.28/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	1,870	$50.07/hr
Information	50	$49.26/hr
Financial Activities	90	$55.83/hr
Professional and Business Services	500	$83.11/hr
Education and Health Services	70	$52.16/hr
Leisure and Hospitality	10	$51.76/hr
Other Services	N/A	N/A
Public Administration	330	$62.78/hr

Other Regional Data for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2024-2034
Northeast Balance of State	30	$49.98/hr	N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	50	$50.24/hr	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	50	$60.04/hr	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	70	$54.60/hr	N/A
St Cloud MN MSA	110	$46.81/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	120	$50.40/hr	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	120	$46.77/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	120	$48.75/hr	7.2%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	130	$47.90/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	190	$50.70/hr	7.5%
Fargo ND-MN MSA	190	$48.10/hr	N/A
Northwest Balance of State	190	$50.35/hr	N/A
Northwest Minnesota	220	$50.34/hr	6.5%
Southeast Balance of State	220	$51.24/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	240	$53.17/hr	8.3%
Central Minnesota	290	$51.14/hr	10.3%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	2,810	$61.51/hr	8.3%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	3,030	$60.90/hr	N/A
Minnesota	4,030	$57.77/hr	4.0%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2024-2034
Purchasing Managers	1,340	$70.79/hr	1.2%
Logisticians	3,450	$40.24/hr	15.1%
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	320	$45.18/hr	1.2%
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	2,130	$42.94/hr	-4.5%
Sales Managers	11,240	$74.14/hr	2.3%
General and Operations Managers	72,860	$48.56/hr	3.1%
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	2,760	$29.14/hr	-0.7%
Chief Executives	6,740	$95.65/hr	2.4%
Marketing Managers	8,500	$84.72/hr	3.6%
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	4,480	$31.72/hr	1.3%

Task for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, controlling inventory, warehousing, or receiving.
Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.
Monitor operations to ensure that staff members comply with administrative policies and procedures, safety rules, union contracts, environmental policies, or government regulations.
Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues.
Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements.
Maintain metrics, reports, process documentation, customer service logs, or training or safety records.
Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste, or optimize customer service.
Advise sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers' accounts.
Advise sales and billing departments of transportation charges for customers' accounts.