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Highest-paying States for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

The highest-paying states for transportation, storage, and distribution managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of transportation, storage, and distribution managers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $142,400, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for transportation, storage, and distribution managers. It is followed by Delaware (average annual salary $126,910). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of transportation, storage, and distribution managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2019 Survey)

Rank State Average Salary i Entry Level
Salary i
# of
Empl. i
1 District of Columbia
$142,400
$86,260 550
2 Delaware
$126,910
$86,710 390
3 New Jersey
$113,260
$71,980 5,680
4 New York
$113,120
$69,370 4,510
5 Rhode Island
$109,860
$62,660 260
6 Washington
$109,430
$68,820 2,470
7 New Hampshire
$105,960
$64,640 590
8 Colorado
$105,800
$67,620 1,560
9 Connecticut
$103,130
$62,820 1,200
10 Virginia
$101,780
$66,040 2,310
11 Nebraska
$100,120
$55,020 1,450
12 Maryland
$99,890
$56,920 2,370
13 Massachusetts
$99,890
$64,790 3,270
14 North Carolina
$98,440
$62,860 2,720
15 Georgia
$98,280
$60,190 4,290
16 Michigan
$98,120
$57,070 3,860
17 Wisconsin
$97,080
$63,850 2,300
18 Pennsylvania
$96,800
$57,440 4,720
19 Minnesota
$96,360
$61,520 2,550
20 California
$96,330
$57,310 19,430
21 Arkansas
$95,650
$58,430 1,180
22 Texas
$94,870
$55,760 13,030
23 Kansas
$93,890
$62,700 980
24 Illinois
$93,170
$53,570 9,310
25 Alaska
$92,100
$63,380 870
26 Missouri
$91,770
$56,500 2,100
27 Hawaii
$91,680
$62,310 500
28 Montana
$88,820
$63,150 170
29 South Carolina
$88,670
$55,310 1,250
30 North Dakota
$88,370
$59,400 490
31 Wyoming
$87,770
$67,110 220
32 South Dakota
$86,840
$65,500 250
33 Kentucky
$86,440
$46,580 1,740
34 Indiana
$86,370
$56,500 2,000
35 Ohio
$86,010
$55,040 5,350
36 Virgin Islands
$85,700
$37,160 80
37 Nevada
$85,600
$56,000 1,120
38 Oregon
$85,560
$53,750 2,090
39 Arizona
$85,430
$52,530 2,700
40 Florida
$84,800
$44,740 5,890
41 Vermont
$83,080
$54,800 260
42 Alabama
$81,660
$39,110 1,250
43 Tennessee
$80,130
$46,000 3,550
44 Mississippi
$80,020
$51,330 1,040
45 Iowa
$79,790
$54,990 1,690
46 Idaho
$79,110
$41,890 650
47 Louisiana
$78,880
$46,780 1,560
48 Maine
$78,580
$53,120 540
49 West Virginia
$78,210
$55,080 390
50 Utah
$78,070
$41,240 1,600
51 New Mexico
$78,040
$53,840 380
52 Oklahoma
$77,180
$47,400 1,440
53 Puerto Rico
$70,290
$30,850 890
54 Guam
$61,880
$36,160 150
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