Logistical Cog. Salary: $45,200 or less 

You have no name. You have a number. You're a stop within a stop that is one stop of a thousand stops. You watch the boxes—you sometimes choose where they go. You're simply a cog in a massive transport machine.

Private Logistician. Salary: $51,900 

You signed up for the military with your friend, Tim, right out of high school. He laughed when you expressed interest in logistics over combat. Five years later, you're pulling over $10,000 more a year at the same rank, and managing ammunition supplies instead of pulling all-night guard duty in some far away swamp. Who's laughing now, Tim? Huh? Huh?

Logistics Manager. Salary: $72,780

After working in shipping for two years, you've been hired by a major corporation to handle their Thai manufacturing and distribution. You're good at what you do, and make sure to record every dollar you've saved the company since starting. Someday soon, you'll walk into your boss's office with twenty shoeboxes full of records showing past savings and ask for a raise. You're pretty sure it's going to work.

Logistician Magician. Salary: $81,000

You're certified, educated, and experienced. Everything around you from your two-egg breakfast to massive shipments of proprietary tablets from Chinese factories, operates on your precisely-managed schedule. You feel as though you could control time itself and, who knows, maybe you could.

Coal Man. Salary: $110,000

You're a cold, lean calculator. You researched the highest salary points in this industry back in middle school, and have prepped yourself every minute of every day from then until now for a job in big energy logistics. And here you are at forty-three years old, the so-called "Coal Man," responsible for over 10% of domestic coal shipments. "Bow to me," you shout at passing coal trains. "I am your master."