Logistician

O*NET: Logisticians·13-1081.00

The Verdict:AI excels at logistics optimization, forecasting, routing, and reporting — core analytical tasks now largely automated. Humans handle relationships, team leadership, and exceptions, but these shrink as AI platforms scale. The role faces significant restructuring, with demand shifting to oversight amid rapid tool adoption over the next decade.

Resilience Score

/100

Moderate Risk

Score tiers

Highly Resilient81–100

Resilient61–80

Moderate Risk41–60

High Risk21–40

Critical Risk0–20

How is this scored?

Task Resilience

How much of this role's daily work remains beyond AI and robotic automation.

30% of score

Physical Presence

The degree to which this job needs a human present — hands-on, in the field, or in the room.

20% of score

Human Necessity

How important the unique human edge is — for trust, accountability, or judgment.

15% of score

Regulatory Shield

How strong the legal requirement is for a human in this job (by law, licensing, or credentials).

13% of score

Technological Maturity

How far AI remains from performing this role's core functions.

10% of score

Displacement Evidence

The volume of jobs in this field being eliminated by AI or automation right now.

12% of score

Score last updated: February 2026Full methodology

Avg Salary

Median annual wage from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 release.

$81k

Job Growth (10yr)

Projected change in total number of jobs (not salary) from 2024–2034. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections.

+16.7%

AI Exposure

Percentage of this role's analyzed tasks that AI can handle autonomously or nearly so. 5 of 22 tasks are classified as AI-exposed.

23%

Low exposure

Task Analysis

Most of this role rewards AI fluency.
55% of tasks (12 of 22) become more productive with AI tools — learning to use them is the highest-leverage career move.

5exposed

12AI leverage

5human-essential

View all 22 tasks

AI Can Handle This5 tasks

Tasks AI can do autonomously or nearly so

Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.

Report project plans, progress, and results.

Develop and implement technical project management tools, such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices.

Perform system lifecycle cost analysis and develop component studies.

Direct and support the compilation and analysis of technical source data necessary for product development.

AI Leverage12 tasks

Master these tools — humans who do outperform those who don't

Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.

Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.

Redesign the movement of goods to maximize value and minimize costs.

Explain proposed solutions to customers, management, or other interested parties through written proposals and oral presentations.

Collaborate with other departments as necessary to meet customer requirements, to take advantage of sales opportunities or, in the case of shortages, to minimize negative impacts on a business.

Protect and control proprietary materials.

Stay informed of logistics technology advances and apply appropriate technology to improve logistics processes.

Provide project management services, including the provision and analysis of technical data.

Manage the logistical aspects of product life cycles, including coordination or provisioning of samples, and the minimization of obsolescence.

Plan, organize, and execute logistics support activities, such as maintenance planning, repair analysis, and test equipment recommendations.

Participate in the assessment and review of design alternatives and design change proposal impacts.

Support the development of training materials and technical manuals.

Human Advantage5 tasks

Tasks requiring trust, presence, or novel judgment

Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity.

Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met.

Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.

Direct team activities, establishing task priorities, scheduling and tracking work assignments, providing guidance, and ensuring the availability of resources.

Perform managerial duties such as hiring and training employees and overseeing facility needs or requirements.

Resilience Landscape

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