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.
$82,320 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
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Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 31%. Today's estimate: 41%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 31 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, or cost or benefit analysis.Done daily by most who do it. | 12% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 11% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 10% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Develop or maintain payment systems to ensure accuracy of vendor payments.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 3.3 h1.3 h to 1.7 work days | 27%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 2.5 h50 min to 1 work day | 40%Half by Dec 2026 | |
| Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Maintain databases of logistics information.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 50 min17 min to 3.3 h | 78%Half by now | |
| Review procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to ensure maximum efficiency or minimum cost.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | 46%Half by Oct 2026 | |
| Identify opportunities for inventory reductions.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.5 h | 91%Half by now | |
| Develop or maintain freight rate databases for use by supply chain departments to determine the most economical modes of transportation.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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Where the most of these jobs are
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