Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

SOC 11-3071 · 2024-2034

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

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California: $125,857per year
Projected openings: 29,110
Projected change: +11.9%
Usually needs: High school diploma or equivalent

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Monitoring
Coordination
Speaking
Instructing

Pay by region

Region	Typical pay in California	Projected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)	$167,224	1,500
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)	$134,564	2,320
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)	$131,230	1,460
San Rafael MD (Marin County)	$117,125	100
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)	$114,688	130
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)	$111,021	2,180
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)	$110,512	130
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)	$108,408	2,270
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)	$107,925	250
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)	$106,662	1,500
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)	$106,509	210
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)	$106,356	440
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)	$106,187	9,080
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)	$103,647	70
Chico MSA (Butte County)	$103,280	60
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)	$102,618	290
Merced MSA (Merced County)	$100,876	100
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)	$100,876	300
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)	$100,805	60
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)	$100,418	270
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)	$99,878	650
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)	$99,471	180
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)	$98,707	90
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)	$98,289	1,110
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)	$97,861	4,770
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)	$97,291	80
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)	$94,918	700
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)	$90,956	280
Napa MSA (Napa County)	$90,253	110
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)	$89,112	120
Redding MSA (Shasta County)	$84,743	70

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under: $72,455
A quarter earn under: $87,738
Half earn under: $125,857
Three quarters earn under: $168,887
The highest-paid tenth earn over: $211,917

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

Occupation	Typical pay in California	Projected openings	Projected change
Logisticians	$94,448	38,460	+19.5%
General and Operations Managers	$126,477	264,410	+6.7%
Facilities Managers	$120,610	19,690	+8%
Industrial Production Managers	$134,845	18,120	+0.8%
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	$100,641	2,990	+6.1%
Project Management Specialists	$122,938	89,550	+6.8%

Programs that train for this job — 19

Supply Chain Management Associate of Science
Coastline Community College · Fountain Valley · $5,222
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
School Security Officer (Unarmed)
M-5 Training School of Protective Services · Lancaster · $245
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
APICS CPIM 8.0 Certified in Planning and Inventory Management
Glendale Community College · Glendale · $3,960
Working 6 months later
36%
Earnings in one quarter after
$12,401
Logistics and Supply Chain Professional
Employed Security Service Center, Inc. · Long Beach · $2,500
Working 6 months later
71%
Earnings in one quarter after
$12,504
Project Management (Certificate) (Fast Track)
UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education · Davis · $5,610
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
Project Management (Certificate)
UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education · Davis · $6,053
Working 6 months later
3%
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
The Complete Project Manager with CAPM & PMP Prep
Loyola Marymount University - LMU Extension · Los Angeles · $4,228
Working 6 months later
46%
Earnings in one quarter after
$24,513
Project Management Professional (PMP) With SHRM Certificate In Human Resource Management Combo Program
University of La Verne · La Verne · $5,298
Working 6 months later
46%
Earnings in one quarter after
$20,000
Project Management With Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Combo Certificate Program
University of La Verne · La Verne · $5,298
Working 6 months later
61%
Earnings in one quarter after
$22,500
Certificate in Project Management (Online)
UCLA Extension · Los Angeles · $6,625
Working 6 months later
16%
Earnings in one quarter after
$21,625
Outcomes cover more than this program The provider filed these figures against more than the program named — several of its programs, or the whole institution. They are shown because they are real, and nothing here ranks or rates them, because they do not describe this program.
Specialization in Agile Methodologies in Management (Hybrid)
UCLA Extension · Los Angeles · $3,325
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
Business Analysis (Online)
UC Irvine Continuing Education · Irvine · $3,640
Working 6 months later
16%
Earnings in one quarter after
$11,250
Project and Program Management
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension · Santa Clara · $7,320
Working 6 months later
67%
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
Supply Chain Logistics
Cerritos College · Norwalk · $3,925
Working 6 months later
46%
Earnings in one quarter after
$4,399
Business Analyst and Oracle Financials Rel 12
Amfasoft · Fremont · $7,275
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
Basic Electrical
Visalia Adult School · Visalia · $275
Working 6 months later
42%
Earnings in one quarter after
$14,040
BSOT Office Clerk CC
Kern Community College District · Bakersfield · $1,272
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
Logistics Management
Kern Community College District · Bakersfield · $1,650
Working 6 months later
Not reported
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported
Project Management Certificate Program
Sonoma State University · Rohnert Park · $2,305
Working 6 months later
97%
Earnings in one quarter after
Not reported