specialreport
BY PETER BRADLEY, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Industry
wants
you
While salaries across
much of the economy
NEWS REPORTS TELL THE STORY OF FLAT WAGES
across most of the economy. Logistics professionals
tell a different story.
The results of DC VELOCITY’S annual salary survey,
where we ask readers about their jobs, career satisfaction, and pay, show that 62 percent of those responding received raises in 2012 and that those raises averaged just under 6 percent.
Not that 2012 was that good for everyone. About 31
percent said their salaries stayed the same, and 7 percent suffered decreases.
Overall, DC VELOCITY readers are well compensated.
Average compensation, based on 977 usable responses, was $108,296. That’s up about $2,000 from the previous year’s numbers. The median income for respondents—that is, the midpoint of salaries among all of
those reported—was $90,000. That means half of
those responding make above that number, half
below. (For a breakdown of average salaries by posi-
remain stagnant, supply
chain and logistics professionals
are seeing steady growth in pay.
The reason: Skilled professionals
are in high demand.
tion, see Exhibit 1.)
Opportunities—and compensation—are especially
strong for managers and executives with solid experience. “Frankly, just about every search we go through,
the top talent generally has multiple opportunities to
choose from,” says Dave MacEachern, leader of the
executive search firm Spencer Stuart’s worldwide
transportation and third-party logistics practice and a
member of its global supply chain practice.
Supply chain professionals are also happy with their
jobs and with the profession, according to the survey.
Nearly 86 percent say they are satisfied with their
careers, while 87 percent would recommend the profession to a young person entering the job market.
That’s not to say the job is easy. About 77 percent of
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