Hiring a logistician in Orlando, FL
Employers in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL area pay logisticians a median of $76,950, with the middle half of the market between $56,620 and $99,670. Orlando residents working in business and financial operations occupations report a median of $69,966, which is 9% below what the metro pays for this role.
What does a logistician earn here?
Place of work
What employers pay
| 25th percentile | $56,620 |
| Median | $76,950 |
| 75th percentile | $99,670 |
Half of logisticians in this area earn between $56,620 and $99,670. A band set below $56,620 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.
Place of residence
What Orlando residents earn
$69,966
Median earnings of Orlando residents working in business and financial operations occupations, 11,827 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.
The 9% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.
The two sit close together, so pay alone is unlikely to be what wins or loses this hire.
What does the role actually involve?
Core tasks
- Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's key personnel involved in, or directly relevant to, a logistics activity.
- Develop an understanding of customers' needs and take actions to ensure that such needs are met.
- Manage subcontractor activities, reviewing proposals, developing performance specifications, and serving as liaisons between subcontractors and organizations.
- Develop proposals that include documentation for estimates.
- Review logistics performance with customers against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.
O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 13-1081.
Tools and technologies in demand
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, SAP software, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Power BI.
O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.
Is the talent actually in Orlando?
This is a job zone four: considerable preparation needed occupation. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
That matters here, because 42.2% of Orlando adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That is a workable pool, but the search will reach beyond the city line. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.
The average Orlando commute runs 26.7 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 15.1% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.
How often do these jobs turn over?
In Orange County, accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services employs 6,990 and turns over 11.2% a quarter, with 1,312 hires against 953 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $6,248 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 5412.
That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about logisticians. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a normal churn rate, where a well-run search closes on schedule.
What does the search cost?
The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $15,390 to $23,085 on the first year salary alone.
One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.
Price this search
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Hiring a logistician somewhere else?
Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.
- New York, NY
- Los Angeles, CA
- Chicago, IL
- Houston, TX
- Phoenix, AZ
- Philadelphia, PA
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego, CA
- Dallas, TX
- Fort Worth, TX
- Jacksonville, FL
- Austin, TX
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- Hiring Logisticians: the role, the pay, the process
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Orlando is the 4th largest of 9 Florida cities in this dataset.