Business and finance
Logistician in the United States
65 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 27 employers · largest 22% of it
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 65 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution22%14 of 65 postingsAccredited institution →
- Associate DegreeAccredited institution6%4 of 65 postingsAccredited institution →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- Certified Six Sigma Green BeltAmerican Society for Quality2%
- PMPProject Management Institute3%
- Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)2%1 of 65 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution5%3 of 65 postingsAccredited institution →
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- Bachelor’s degree75%
- High school diploma or equivalent8%
- Post-secondary certificate8%
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
O*NET 13-1081.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
SpaceX · SBT Global · Anduril Industries · Scout Motors · Bosch · HelloFresh · Oura · Rocket Lab · Circle Logistics · Verkada · Walmart · Agility Robotics · Atlas Energy Solutions · Budderfly · Collabera · CookUnity · Curaleaf · Flexport · Gopuff · Integrated Resources Inc · Intuitive Surgical · Kelly Services · Luminis Health · Manitoulin Group of Companies · McWane Inc · Pearce Services · Physical Intelligence
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