Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable government laws or regulations. Includes logistics managers.
221,180 people do this job in the US. $107,230 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 10%
- 10%
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, 10%. Today's estimate: 14%.
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 . 30 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan or implement improvements to internal or external systems or processes. | 12% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 2.5 work weeks | 0%Half by Jan 2029 | |
| Develop or implement plans for facility modification or expansion, such as equipment purchase or changes in space allocation or structural design.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 10% | 4.2 work days2.1 work days to 3.5 work weeks | 0%Half by Sep 2028 | |
| Plan or implement energy saving changes to transportation services, such as reducing routes, optimizing capacities, employing alternate modes of transportation, or minimizing idling.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1 work week | 2%Half by Apr 2028 | |
| Establish or monitor specific supply chain-based performance measurement systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.3 work days2.5 h to 1 work week | 3%Half by Mar 2028 | |
| Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare management recommendations, such as proposed fee and tariff increases or schedule changes.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 5% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | 25%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Analyze all aspects of corporate logistics to determine the most cost-effective or efficient means of transporting products or supplies.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 1 work day2.5 h to 4.2 work days | 5%Half by Dec 2027 | |
| Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Analyze expenditures and other financial information to develop plans, policies, or budgets for increasing profits or improving services.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 5%Half by Oct 2027 | |
| Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Monitor operations to ensure that staff members comply with administrative policies and procedures, safety rules, union contracts, environmental policies, or government regulations.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h50 min to 1.3 work days | Stays with people |
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
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
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