DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Logistics/ Transportation

It’s considered one of the fastest growing

industries as more and more consumers

and businesses demand products from

across the globe. That’s why many consider

logistics opportunity in motion — and the

Dayton region is already considered an

ideal location to build optimal distribution

networks. According to a study conducted

by Wright State University Center for Urban

and Public affairs and commissioned by

the Dayton Area Logistics Association, the

industry accounts for nearly 20,000 jobs,

$855 million in labor income and generates

an estimated $2.5 billion in sales for the

Dayton metropolitan area. From warehouse

managers, to forklift operators and packers,

the job opportunities are endless.

Description Median Hourly Earnings

Annual Openings

Customer Service Representatives $14.72 183

First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand

$20.25 18

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators

$27.74 18

General and Operations Managers $48.55 141

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers $18.14 121

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators $14.76 51

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand $12.09 283

Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers $12.10 52

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General $17.82 125

Packers and Packagers, Hand $9.12 90

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks $14.51 46

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers $11.32 203

$17.83 1,332

to p o c c u pat i o n s

Logistics is the complex process of moving goods from one place to another.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

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e m p loy m e n t g r o w t h by o c c u pat i o n 2016 Jobs 2025 Jobs

7,157

7,673

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material

Movers, Hand

Heavy and Tractor- Trailer Truck Drivers

Packers and Packagers, Hand

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and

Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle

Operators

Customer Service

Representatives

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

Maintenance and Repair Workers,

General

Light Truck or Delivery Services

Drivers

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers,

Hand

General and Operations Managers

m a j o r e m p loy e r s i n t h e day to n r e g i o n

Company Employees

Meijer Distribution 1,933

Midmark Corp. 850

Payless Shoesource 550

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc 544

Caterpillar Logistics 520

Company Employees

Freshway Foods 392

Honda 340

Heidelberg 220

Winsupply 219

Crown Packaging 200

5,982

5,301

4,450 4,421

3,716

2,804

2,336

1,833

1,163

459 430

6,055

5,687

4,6684,793

3,929

2,894

2,445

1,845

1,334

488 462