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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Logistics Analysts?
Task-level automation exposure for Logistics Analysts: 31 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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68%
weighted task index
31 of 31 tasks scored
Median Salary
$82,320 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
High
251,040 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+17.6%
employment change
26,600 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 54 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$54,380 – $107,250
Highest medians
Washington $107,250
District of Columbia $104,770
Maryland $102,700
Massachusetts $100,360
Hawaii $100,340
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $54,380
Nebraska $65,370
Guam $65,440
Kentucky $68,420
Virgin Islands $68,790
State figures come from the 13-1081 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 68%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 0%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 43%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 21%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 5/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
31 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 89%
27 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 11%
4 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 0%
0 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
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#15898 · Core · 85% automatable
Maintain databases of logistics information.
data analysis — Enter and maintain data in information systems
Maintain data in information systems or databases.
#20009 · Core · 62% automatable
Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.
data analysis — System inventory monitoring automatable; physical audit human
Monitor inventories of products or materials.
#15889 · Core · 62% automatable
Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.
data analysis — Organizational process monitoring is largely digital and analyzable
Monitor organizational processes.
#15890 · Core · 62% automatable
Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
data analysis — System inventory monitoring automatable; physical audit human
Monitor inventories of products or materials.
#15903 · Core · 70% automatable
Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
data analysis — Logistics process analysis; human owns operational calls
Analyze logistics processes.
#15893 · Core · 62% automatable
Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.
decision support — Standard logistics advice; operational context needs human
Advise others on logistics topics.
#15904 · Core · 70% automatable
Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.
data analysis — Logistics process analysis; human owns operational calls
Analyze logistics processes.
#15895 · Core · 80% automatable
Prepare reports on logistics performance measures.
text generation — Generate operational reports from structured data
Prepare operational reports.
#15883 · Core · 85% automatable
Enter logistics-related data into databases.
data analysis — Enter and maintain data in information systems
Maintain data in information systems or databases.
#15894 · Core · 70% automatable
Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes.
data analysis — Logistics process analysis; human owns operational calls
Analyze logistics processes.
#15905 · Core · 70% automatable
Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, or cost or benefit analysis.
data analysis — Logistics process analysis; human owns operational calls
Analyze logistics processes.
#15897 · Core · 62% automatable
Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity.
data analysis — System inventory monitoring automatable; physical audit human
Monitor inventories of products or materials.
#15899 · Core · 85% automatable
Maintain logistics records in accordance with corporate policies.
data analysis — Enter and maintain data in information systems
Maintain data in information systems or databases.
#15888 · Core · 72% automatable
Contact carriers for rates or schedules.
information retrieval — Web research on goods/services, human verifies vendors
Obtain information about goods or services.
#15896 · Core · 45% automatable
Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing.
decision support — Logistics coordination needs real-time human decisions
Coordinate logistics or other business operations.
#15901 · Core · 45% automatable
Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost.
interpersonal — Strategy discussion with managers is accountable judgment
Discuss business strategies, practices, or policies with managers.
#15902 · Core · 80% automatable
Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, or inventory turns.
data analysis — Organizational calculations from given data
Calculate data to inform organizational operations.
#15881 · Core · 72% automatable
Identify opportunities for inventory reductions.
data analysis — AI analyzes operations to flag efficiency gains
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
#15892 · Core · 62% automatable
Review procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to ensure maximum efficiency or minimum cost.
data analysis — Organizational process monitoring is largely digital and analyzable
Monitor organizational processes.
#15900 · Core · 69% automatable
Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting.
data analysis — Builds and runs models; human validates assumptions
Apply mathematical models of financial or business conditions. Develop financial analysis methods.
#15882 · Core · 72% automatable
Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.
data analysis — Trend analysis from data and reports
Analyze industry trends.
#15891 · Core · 69% automatable
Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes.
text generation — Standard financial documents drafted from data
Establish organizational guidelines or policies. Prepare financial documents.
#20010 · Supplemental · 65% automatable
Reorganize shipping schedules to consolidate loads, maximize vehicle usage, or limit the movement of empty vehicles or containers.
data analysis — Logistics environmental evaluation; human validates
Evaluate logistics methods to reduce environmental impact.
#15887 · Supplemental · 72% automatable
Contact potential vendors to determine material availability.
information retrieval — Web research on goods/services, human verifies vendors
Obtain information about goods or services.
#15884 · Supplemental · 60% automatable
Develop or maintain payment systems to ensure accuracy of vendor payments.
decision support — AI drafts system specs; business context human
Develop business or financial information systems.
#15886 · Supplemental · 60% automatable
Develop or maintain freight rate databases for use by supply chain departments to determine the most economical modes of transportation.
decision support — AI drafts system specs; business context human
Develop business or financial information systems.
#20011 · Supplemental · 45% automatable
Route or reroute drivers in real time with remote route navigation software, satellite linkup systems, or global positioning systems (GPS) to improve operational efficiencies.
decision support — Logistics coordination needs real-time human decisions
Coordinate logistics or other business operations.
#15885 · Supplemental · 65% automatable
Determine packaging requirements.
data analysis — Production requirement calc; human validates inputs
Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
#20014 · Supplemental · 85% automatable
Enter carbon-output or environmental-impact data into spreadsheets or environmental management or auditing software programs.
data analysis — Enter and maintain data in information systems
Maintain data in information systems or databases.
#20013 · Supplemental · 65% automatable
Compare locations or environmental policies of carriers or suppliers to make transportation decisions with lower environmental impact.
data analysis — Logistics environmental evaluation; human validates
Evaluate logistics methods to reduce environmental impact.
#20012 · Supplemental · 55% automatable
Arrange for sale or lease of excess storage or transport capacity to minimize losses or inefficiencies associated with empty space.
data analysis — Financial execution software-mediated; authorization human
Execute sales or other financial transactions.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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