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PERM occupation, SOC 11-3071, #217 of 1,410 by filings
Logistics Managers
- Biggest sponsor
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC · 29% of its filings
- Busiest state
- WA · 26% of its filings
- Major group
- Management · SOC 11
Weighing an offer for this job?
Where it falls among certified offers, and the four wage levels DOL sets for it by area.
This rate is level with the field
Over 187 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.
Why
The 95% interval runs up to a 8.9% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.
Median wage
$117,083
all PERM $103,272
Filings
189
#217 of 1,410
Approval
95.2%
field 96.8%
Median days
377
100 faster than the field
What it pays
Where its median offer sits among every occupation, then the whole ladder of certified offers by year and by state.
Median offered wage
$117,083above 79%
Approval rate
95.2%ahead of 39%
Median days to decision
377 daysahead of 97%
Each bar counts occupations at that value. More
Who files it
The sponsors and firms with the most PERM filings under this code, the places the work sits, and who the workers were.
Sponsors filing it
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 55 filings · 100.0% approved
- CUMMINS INC. 9 filings
- APPLE INC. 2 filings
- MCDERMOTT, INC. 2 filings
- NIKE USA, INC. 2 filings
- OCEAN BLUE EXPRESS INC. 2 filings
How this is counted
The employers with the most applications under this code. 72 of 189 filings, 38% of the total.
Firms filing it
- Berry Appleman Leiden LLP 60 filings · 100.0% approved
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP 26 filings
- Farrell LLP 3 filings
- Foster LLP 3 filings
- Arnall Golden Gregory LLP 2 filings
- Ballon Stoll, P.C. 2 filings
How this is counted
The law firms named on the most applications under this code. 96 of 189 filings, 51% of the total.
Where the jobs are
- Washington 49
- California 30
- Texas 19
- Florida 14
- Indiana 11
- Georgia 9
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 6 states cover 132 of 189 filings.
Where the work is
- Seattle, WA 44
- Columbus, IN 9
- Houston, TX 7
- Atlanta, GA 4
- Beaverton, OR 4
- Bellevue, WA 4
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 72 of 189 filings.
- Every sponsor that files it, by state, approval rate, offered wage and time to a decision
- Every filing for it, PERM, wage requests and H-1B, case by case
Who filled these jobs, FY2016 to FY2023
From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.
Country of citizenship
- India 1,254
- China 249
- Mexico 173
- South Korea 150
- Canada 130
- Venezuela 103
Worker's education
- Master's 1,872
- Bachelor's 780
- None 204
- High School 84
- Other 48
- Associate's 41
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,788
- L-1 325
- F-1 236
- E-2 146
- TN 86
- B-2 62
Schools
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 75
- MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 63
- ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 53
- PURDUE UNIVERSITY 44
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 38
- DUKE UNIVERSITY 36
Fields of study
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 918
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 250
- SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 112
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 82
- ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT 65
- INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 49
The job itself
What O*NET says the work is, what the market pays it by BLS's survey, its outlook, and DOL's wage levels year by year.
- United States221,180 jobs
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WASeattle, Bellevue
- Columbus, INColumbus
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXHouston
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAAtlanta
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WABeaverton
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
- median PERM offer
| Area | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $107,230 | ||||
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $146,080 | $99,424 | $125,112 | $150,821 | $176,509 |
| Columbus, IN | — | $79,082 | $99,362 | $119,662 | $139,942 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $105,420 | $72,530 | $96,117 | $119,683 | $143,270 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $127,520 | $86,944 | $114,005 | $141,045 | $168,106 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $109,860 | $74,651 | $100,152 | $125,674 | $151,174 |
How these figures fit together
BLS surveys employers on what they pay everyone in a job; DOL builds its four levels from the same survey a year later (the July 2026 wage year uses BLS's May 2025 estimates). DOL publishes levels by area, not nationally, so the United States line has none. Levels are hourly in DOL's tables; here they're shown a year at 2,080 hours, as DOL computes them. The metros are the ones holding the most of this job's PERM filings, placed by Census's county files.
The block is the middle half of what employers report paying everyone in this job, citizen or not; the ticks under it are DOL's four prevailing wage levels for that metro, the floors a PERM or H-1B offer is held to. More
DOL's levels for this job in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, year by year
Each July DOL resets the four levels from BLS's newest survey. A determination keeps the figures of the year it was issued in.
| Wage year | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | $99,424 | $125,112 | $150,821 | $176,509 |
| 2025-26 | $92,976 | $119,974 | $146,952 | $173,950 |
| 2024-25 | $85,259 | $110,760 | $136,261 | $161,762 |
| 2023-24 | $84,469 | $105,581 | $126,672 | $147,784 |
| 2022-23 | $79,747 | $100,048 | $120,328 | $140,629 |
| 2021-22 | $78,354 | $99,362 | $120,370 | $141,378 |
What the job is
Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable government laws or regulations. Includes logistics managers.
- Preparation
- Considerable Preparation Needed
- O*NET Job Zone 4
- DOL's education basis
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Wage year 2026-27
- Jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +6.1%
- About 18,300 openings a year (BLS)
- Typical entry
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 5 years or more of related work (BLS)
Bright Outlook O*NET OnLine lists this job for rapid growth.
The work, most important first
- Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
- Plan, develop, or implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
- Inspect physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements.
- Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.
- Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.
- Analyze all aspects of corporate logistics to determine the most cost-effective or efficient means of transporting products or supplies.
Titles people use for it
Distribution Center Manager, Fleet Manager, Logistics Operations Manager, Supply Chain Logistics Manager, Distribution Manager, Global Transportation Manager, Logistics Director, Shipping Manager.
O*NET also describes Supply Chain Managers under this SOC code.
Related jobs: Logisticians, Logistics Analysts, Logistics Engineers, Supply Chain Managers, General and Operations Managers, Industrial Production Managers.
This section includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database and O*NET OnLine by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. PERM Tracker has modified some of this information (the shares are rounded and only the top tasks are shown); what changed. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Against other jobs
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 217 of 1,410 by volume: 216 filed at least as many filings, and 1,193 filed no more.
- Just above
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 189 filings
- Just below
- Industrial Production Managers 189 filings
Other management roles
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. More
Occupations sharing this one's SOC major group, which is carried in the first two digits of the code. Wages inside a group still swing hard, because the group holds every seniority level and every metro.
- #218 Industrial Production Managers 189 filings · 4 denied
- #220 Human Resources Managers 188 filings · 3 denied
- #212 Treasurers and Controllers 195 filings · 6 denied
- #206 Medical and Health Services Managers 209 filings · 15 denied
- #231 Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 170 filings · 15 denied
- #202 Chief Executives 215 filings · 23 denied
The same job on H-1B
6,982 certified H-1B labor condition applications for this occupation since FY2020, offering a median of $134,000 a year; the middle half ran $110,000 to $152,000. By state and year in the salary explorer.
Notes on these numbers
Reading the wage
A floor, not a salary survey: every level and metro mixed. DOL's four wage levels for this job, by area.
What the median is
The median wage employers committed to in federal filings for this occupation. It mixes every experience level and every metro, and it's a floor: the employer must offer at least the prevailing wage DOL determines for the occupation, level and county. Across all PERM filings the middle half of offered wages runs $45,178 to $141,357, so a figure inside that band is unremarkable whichever occupation it belongs to. The levels page reads DOL's OFLC wage search live.
What these numbers don't say
4 notes
- The code is the identity
- This one is SOC 11-3071. Two SOC codes can carry the same job title, so a title that looks duplicated on the ranking is two different occupations. Match on the code when you're checking a specific filing.
- A median isn’t an offer
- It's the middle of all 189 wages committed to for this occupation across the country, entry level and principal alike. The same role's medians swing hard by worksite, which the state map shows directly.
- Approval isn’t about the occupation
- The denial rate moves with what happened in the filing rather than with the job title, so nothing here is a property of Logistics Managers. The measured factors are on the denial risk page, published as separate rates.
- Nothing here is pending
- All 189 counted here carry a decision date, because every case in DOL's disclosure files does, so a case still waiting is in none of them. The largest filer of this occupation is AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. Where the queue stands today is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Weighing an offer?
Compare it against this median, then check the state map, where the same occupation's medians swing hard by worksite.
Setting one?
All 1,410 occupations sort together on the wages page, and denial rates show how outcome moves with the offered wage.
Filings newer than DOL's last published file can't be attributed to this occupation until DOL publishes them. The live list on the case search page carries them by employer.
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
O*NET occupation data: O*NET Database, USDOL/ETA (onetcenter.org) · data through Aug 16, 2026 · twice a year
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
BLS employment projections: BLS Employment Projections (bls.gov) · data through Dec 31, 2025 · yearly, each autumn
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
O*NET occupation data: What O*NET says each occupation is and takes: its description, tasks, Job Zone and the education workers report. A description of the job everywhere, not of any one employer's opening.
BLS market pay: What employers report paying everyone in each job, nationally, by state and by metro, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). Citizens and immigrants alike; not PERM offers.
BLS employment projections: BLS's ten-year projection of each job's employment and yearly openings, and the entry education it calls typical. A projection, not a count.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. The floors an offer is held to, not what anyone was paid.
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