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Business & Finance
Logistics Engineers
Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipmen…
- Sector: Business & Finance
- Preparation: Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed
- O*NET code: 13-1081.01
What you'll actually do
The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.
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Working with Computers
central to the job — rated 88/100 for importance.
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Getting Information
a major part of the work — rated 84/100 for importance.
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Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
a major part of the work — rated 82/100 for importance.
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Analyzing Data or Information
a major part of the work — rated 81/100 for importance.
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Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
a major part of the work — rated 78/100 for importance.
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Making Decisions and Solving Problems
a major part of the work — rated 78/100 for importance.
Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.
What it takes
Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.
Skills
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Systems Analysis
Needed at a high level (68/100), and rated 91/100 for importance.
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Systems Evaluation
Needed at a high level (66/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
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Writing
Needed at a solid working level (59/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
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Complex Problem Solving
Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
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Reading Comprehension
Needed at a high level (64/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Knowledge
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Engineering and Technology
Needed at expert level (75/100), and rated 81/100 for importance.
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Mathematics
Needed at a high level (73/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Transportation
Needed at a solid working level (60/100), and rated 74/100 for importance.
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Production and Processing
Needed at a high level (69/100), and rated 73/100 for importance.
Abilities
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Written Comprehension
Needed at a high level (64/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
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Mathematical Reasoning
Needed at a high level (61/100), and rated 78/100 for importance.
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Oral Comprehension
Needed at a high level (70/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
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Deductive Reasoning
Needed at a high level (66/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
How people get in
O*NET places this occupation in Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.
Education
A four-year bachelor's degree is the usual entry ticket.
Experience
Two to four years of related work, internships or research on top of the degree.
Training
Most of the learning happens before you are hired, not after.
What it pays
These are typical finance compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Logistics Engineers specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.
Goldman · JP Morgan · KKR
$150k – $400k+
Regional Banks & Funds
$85k – $130k
Credit Unions & Local Firms
$55k – $85k
How the work tends to run
Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.
- Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
- Long-running relationships carry the work; the same people come back.From “Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships”
How FlightWay scores your fit against this
No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.
- 1. You answer a short quiz
- Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
- 2. We correlate the two profiles
- Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Logistics Engineers. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
- 3. The number you see is personality fit only
- "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
- 4. Every factor is visible
- You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.
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See your fit for Logistics Engineers
Ten questions, about 90 seconds. You get your match against Logistics Engineers and 782+ other real careers — with the reasoning shown.
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