Director of Sales, Transportation and Logistics

Manages a team responsible for selling transportation and logistics products to commercial customers.

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Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$256k

Mean

$266k

10th–90th pct

$195k–$354k

Observations

553

Confidence: 34% · based on 553 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated

Common skills

People Management

Core

Strategic Planning

Core

B2B Sales

Process Improvement

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

56% require · 27% prefer

Master's Degree

11% require · 27% prefer

No College

12% require · 13% prefer

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Common next roles

Transportation and Logistics Key Account Manager-56.9%Director of Commercial Analytics, Transportation and Logistics-12.1%Transportation and Logistics Pricing Analyst-55.0%Transportation and Logistics Sales Representative-58.9%Transportation and Logistics Commercial Analyst-58.9%

Common previous roles

Transportation and Logistics Sales Representative-143.3%Transportation and Logistics Key Account Manager-132.0%Transportation and Logistics Commercial Analyst-143.1%Transportation and Logistics Pricing Analyst-122.2%Director of Commercial Analytics, Transportation and Logistics-13.8%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)9,074

Posting growth+0.1%

Median days to fill47 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)50,836

Projected growth1.3%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness25%

Automation exposure15%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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