What are the main factors that influence an Import Logistics Specialist's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Import Logistics Specialist?

The Energy & Utilities industry offers the highest average compensation for Import Logistics Specialist roles, with salaries approximately 10% above the market median.

How does experience change An Import Logistics Specialist's salary?

An Import Logistics Specialist's salary grows with experience: starting around $40,005 for beginners, reaching about $50,003 at mid-level, and approach $67,716 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Import Logistics Specialist?

Import Logistics Specialist salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Import Logistics Specialist roles are District of Columbia $56,276, California $56,062, Massachusetts $55,315. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Import Logistics Specialist roles make?

Salaries for Import Logistics Specialist level roles vary by specialization: Import/Export Logistics Director: $176,510; Import/Export Logistics Senior Manager: $138,870; Import/Export Logistics Manager: $115,900; Import Logistics Manager: $105,000; Import/Export Logistics Senior Supervisor: $90,100.

Import Logistics Specialist Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Import Logistics Specialist make in South Dakota? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Import Logistics Specialist in South Dakota is $46,192 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

However, an Import Logistics Specialist's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $53,923
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $42,198 to $50,239
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $38,563

10% $38,563

50% (Median) $46,192

90% $53,923

Import Logistics Specialist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$50,239	$4,187	$966	$24
Average	$46,192	$3,849	$888	$22
25th Percentile	$42,198	$3,517	$812	$20

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Key Factors That Influence Import Logistics Specialist Salaries

An Import Logistics Specialist's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Import Logistics Specialist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Import Logistics Specialist's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $40,005
Early Career (1-2 years): $45,349
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $50,003
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $56,653
Expert (over 8 years): $67,716

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Import/Export Clerk I	less than 1 year	$40,005
Import Logistics Specialist	1-2 years	$45,349
Import/Export Clerk III	2-4 years	$50,003
Import/Export Clerk IV	5-8 years	$56,653
Import/Export Supervisor	over 8 years	$67,716

How Do Import Logistics Specialist Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Import Logistics Specialists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $56,276.
California: $56,062.
Massachusetts: $55,315.

District of Columbia $56,276 California $56,062 Massachusetts $55,315 Washington $55,112 New Jersey $55,091 Alaska $55,020 Connecticut $54,319 New York $54,034

Hawaii $53,124 Rhode Island $52,698 Maryland $52,408 Minnesota $52,011 Colorado $51,859 Illinois $51,808 Oregon $51,615 Delaware $51,473

New Hampshire $51,383 Virginia $51,183 Pennsylvania $50,598 Nevada $50,304 North Dakota $50,207 Michigan $50,055 Wisconsin $49,999 Vermont $49,887

Texas $49,577 Maine $49,556 Arizona $49,526 Ohio $49,490 Georgia $49,023 Indiana $48,789 Wyoming $48,743 Utah $48,672

Iowa $48,642 Kansas $48,398 Louisiana $48,326 North Carolina $48,301 Missouri $48,291 Florida $48,093 Montana $47,986 Nebraska $47,884

Kentucky $47,828 South Carolina $47,625 Tennessee $47,498 Idaho $47,447 New Mexico $47,076 Oklahoma $46,995 Alabama $46,695 South Dakota $46,192

Arkansas $45,917 West Virginia $45,770 Mississippi $45,328

Top Paying Cities for Import Logistics Specialist

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Alcester: $46,673
Aurora: $46,921
Baltic: $46,416

Alcester, SD $46,673

Aurora, SD $46,921

Baltic, SD $46,416

Beresford, SD $46,554

Brandon, SD $46,321

Brookings, SD $47,007

Burbank, SD $46,507

Canistota, SD $46,576

Canton, SD $46,444

Centerville, SD $46,557

Chancellor, SD $46,438

Chester, SD $46,553

Colman, SD $46,705

Colton, SD $46,511

Crooks, SD $46,391

Davis, SD $46,500

Dell Rapids, SD $46,502

Egan, SD $46,626

Elk Point, SD $46,360

Elkton, SD $46,950

Fairview, SD $46,512

Flandreau, SD $46,778

Freeman, SD $46,727

Garretson, SD $46,425

Gayville, SD $46,805

Harrisburg, SD $46,351

Hartford, SD $46,422

Hudson, SD $46,549

Humboldt, SD $46,488

Hurley, SD $46,558

Irene, SD $46,689

Jefferson, SD $46,187

Lennox, SD $46,439

Lesterville, SD $46,771

Lyons, SD $46,434

Madison, SD $46,797

Marion, SD $46,590

Menno, SD $46,746

Mission Hill, SD $46,781

Monroe, SD $46,539

Belle Fourche, SD $46,719

Black Hawk, SD $45,290

Box Elder, SD $45,348

Buffalo, SD $46,634

Buffalo Gap, SD $46,267

Camp Crook, SD $46,679

Caputa, SD $45,568

Custer, SD $46,168

Deadwood, SD $45,884

Edgemont, SD $46,611

Enning, SD $46,247

Fairburn, SD $45,741

Fort Meade, SD $45,737

Hermosa, SD $45,558

Hill City, SD $45,867

Hot Springs, SD $46,575

Howes, SD $46,350

Interior, SD $46,424

Keystone, SD $45,513

Kyle, SD $46,523

Lead, SD $46,304

Ludlow, SD $46,818

Manderson, SD $46,598

Mud Butte, SD $46,378

Nemo, SD $45,577

Newell, SD $46,468

New Underwood, SD $45,570

Nisland, SD $46,571

Oelrichs, SD $46,479

Oglala, SD $46,560

Oral, SD $46,437

Owanka, SD $45,794

Piedmont, SD $45,324

Pine Ridge, SD $46,647

Porcupine, SD $46,507

Pringle, SD $46,312

Quinn, SD $46,357

Redig, SD $46,302

Saint Onge, SD $46,434

Scenic, SD $46,104

Smithwick, SD $46,495

Spearfish, SD $46,643

Sturgis, SD $45,591

Union Center, SD $46,278

Vale, SD $46,132

Wall, SD $46,290

Wasta, SD $46,055

White Owl, SD $46,371

Whitewood, SD $46,238

Wounded Knee, SD $46,601

Leola, SD $46,877

Long Lake, SD $46,948

Mansfield, SD $46,849

Mellette, SD $46,893

Northville, SD $46,843

Onaka, SD $46,661

Orient, SD $46,731

Pierpont, SD $46,890

Redfield, SD $46,966

Rockham, SD $46,787

Roscoe, SD $46,704

Selby, SD $46,623

Seneca, SD $46,631

Stratford, SD $46,896

Tolstoy, SD $46,634

Tulare, SD $46,901

Turton, SD $46,903

Warner, SD $46,950

Westport, SD $46,885

Pierre, SD $42,822

Agar, SD $43,936

Belvidere, SD $46,356

Blunt, SD $42,822

Burke, SD $46,719

Colome, SD $46,662

Dallas, SD $46,648

Draper, SD $45,208

Fort Pierre, SD $42,947

Gregory, SD $46,697

Hamill, SD $46,582

Harrold, SD $43,072

Hayes, SD $45,879

Herrick, SD $46,692

Holabird, SD $44,043

Ideal, SD $46,569

Kadoka, SD $46,409

Kennebec, SD $45,889

Long Valley, SD $46,407

Lower Brule, SD $45,829

Martin, SD $46,519

Midland, SD $46,257

Milesville, SD $46,287

Mission, SD $46,619

Murdo, SD $45,971

Norris, SD $46,479

Okaton, SD $46,362

Okreek, SD $46,592

Onida, SD $43,242

Parmelee, SD $46,563

Philip, SD $46,354

Presho, SD $45,546

Reliance, SD $46,608

Rosebud, SD $46,669

Saint Charles, SD $46,743

Saint Francis, SD $46,580

Tuthill, SD $46,463

Vivian, SD $45,348

Wanblee, SD $46,494

White River, SD $46,473

Winner, SD $46,619

Witten, SD $46,535

Wood, SD $46,468

Mobridge, SD $46,633

Bison, SD $46,516

Bullhead, SD $46,873

Cherry Creek, SD $46,396

Dupree, SD $46,406

Eagle Butte, SD $46,454

Faith, SD $46,392

Glencross, SD $46,432

Glenham, SD $46,650

Herreid, SD $46,828

Isabel, SD $46,422

Keldron, SD $46,647

Lantry, SD $46,476

Lemmon, SD $46,821

Little Eagle, SD $46,866

Lodgepole, SD $46,695

Mc Intosh, SD $46,717

Mc Laughlin, SD $46,676

Meadow, SD $46,410

Morristown, SD $46,764

Mound City, SD $46,744

Pollock, SD $46,920

Prairie City, SD $46,577

Ralph, SD $46,729

Reva, SD $46,579

Ridgeview, SD $46,477

Timber Lake, SD $46,501

Trail City, SD $46,486

Wakpala, SD $46,677

Walker, SD $46,751

Watauga, SD $46,645

Whitehorse, SD $46,527

Rapid City, SD $45,282

Ellsworth Afb, SD $45,282

Allen, SD $46,518

Batesland, SD $46,538

Montrose, SD $46,576

North Sioux City, SD $46,114

Nunda, SD $46,774

Oldham, SD $46,877

Olivet, SD $46,768

Parker, SD $46,514

Ramona, SD $46,794

Renner, SD $46,362

Rowena, SD $46,330

Rutland, SD $46,733

Salem, SD $46,736

Scotland, SD $46,841

Sinai, SD $47,026

Springfield, SD $46,897

Tabor, SD $46,866

Tea, SD $46,387

Trent, SD $46,564

Tyndall, SD $46,852

Utica, SD $46,771

Valley Springs, SD $46,358

Vermillion, SD $46,782

Viborg, SD $46,677

Volga, SD $46,916

Volin, SD $46,728

Wakonda, SD $46,681

Wentworth, SD $46,716

Winfred, SD $46,739

Worthing, SD $46,432

Yankton, SD $46,961

Sioux Falls, SD $46,319

Vienna, SD $47,000

Wallace, SD $46,972

Waubay, SD $46,950

Webster, SD $46,961

White, SD $47,034

Willow Lake, SD $47,053

Wilmot, SD $46,996

Mitchell, SD $47,003

Alexandria, SD $46,831

Alpena, SD $46,910

Armour, SD $46,813

Artesian, SD $46,903

Avon, SD $46,826

Bonesteel, SD $46,735

Bridgewater, SD $46,705

Canova, SD $46,768

Carpenter, SD $47,019

Carthage, SD $46,913

Cavour, SD $46,975

Chamberlain, SD $46,763

Corsica, SD $46,822

Dante, SD $46,799

Delmont, SD $46,801

Dimock, SD $46,852

Emery, SD $46,782

Ethan, SD $46,877

Fairfax, SD $46,743

Fedora, SD $46,862

Fort Thompson, SD $46,215

Fulton, SD $46,868

Gann Valley, SD $46,667

Geddes, SD $46,754

Harrison, SD $46,789

Highmore, SD $45,889

Stephan, SD $46,093

Hitchcock, SD $46,938

Howard, SD $46,885

Huron, SD $47,098

Iroquois, SD $46,986

Kaylor, SD $46,903

Kimball, SD $46,761

Lake Andes, SD $46,830

Lane, SD $47,008

Letcher, SD $46,881

Marty, SD $46,979

Miller, SD $46,805

Mount Vernon, SD $46,851

New Holland, SD $46,921

Oacoma, SD $46,722

Parkston, SD $46,871

Pickstown, SD $46,901

Plankinton, SD $46,843

Platte, SD $46,763

Pukwana, SD $46,730

Ree Heights, SD $46,497

Saint Lawrence, SD $46,807

Spencer, SD $46,762

Stickney, SD $46,813

Tripp, SD $46,826

Virgil, SD $46,870

Wagner, SD $46,835

Wessington, SD $46,835

Wessington Springs, SD $46,828

White Lake, SD $46,782

Wolsey, SD $46,928

Woonsocket, SD $46,906

Yale, SD $47,014

Aberdeen, SD $47,018

Akaska, SD $46,598

Amherst, SD $46,946

Andover, SD $46,878

Ashton, SD $46,870

Barnard, SD $46,934

Bath, SD $46,920

Bowdle, SD $46,686

Brentford, SD $46,955

Britton, SD $47,078

Claremont, SD $46,906

Columbia, SD $46,850

Conde, SD $46,900

Cresbard, SD $46,784

Doland, SD $47,000

Eureka, SD $46,851

Faulkton, SD $46,780

Ferney, SD $47,071

Frankfort, SD $46,997

Frederick, SD $46,946

Gettysburg, SD $46,341

Groton, SD $46,925

Hecla, SD $47,014

Hosmer, SD $46,777

Houghton, SD $46,815

Hoven, SD $46,649

Ipswich, SD $46,825

Java, SD $46,620

Langford, SD $46,883

Lebanon, SD $46,419

Watertown, SD $47,098

Arlington, SD $46,973

Astoria, SD $47,048

Badger, SD $47,055

Big Stone City, SD $47,123

Bradley, SD $46,957

Brandt, SD $47,016

Bristol, SD $46,920

Bruce, SD $46,965

Bryant, SD $47,032

Castlewood, SD $47,003

Claire City, SD $47,075

Clark, SD $47,038

Clear Lake, SD $47,020

Corona, SD $47,076

De Smet, SD $47,014

Eden, SD $46,930

Erwin, SD $46,984

Estelline, SD $46,996

Florence, SD $46,981

Garden City, SD $46,989

Gary, SD $47,050

Goodwin, SD $46,961

Grenville, SD $46,918

Hayti, SD $47,021

Hazel, SD $47,000

Henry, SD $47,001

Kranzburg, SD $47,176

Labolt, SD $46,965

Lake City, SD $47,008

Lake Norden, SD $47,044

Lake Preston, SD $46,998

Marvin, SD $46,915

Milbank, SD $47,116

New Effington, SD $47,175

Ortley, SD $46,925

Peever, SD $46,988

Raymond, SD $47,012

Revillo, SD $46,994

Rosholt, SD $47,163

Roslyn, SD $46,909

Sisseton, SD $47,017

South Shore, SD $46,929

Stockholm, SD $46,930

Strandburg, SD $46,925

Summit, SD $46,928

Toronto, SD $46,998

Twin Brooks, SD $46,912

Veblen, SD $47,098

Import Logistics Specialist Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Import Logistics Specialist roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 25% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Energy & Utilities and Pharmaceuticals sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 10% above the average. In contrast, Import Logistics Specialist positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit or Hospitality & Leisure typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Import Logistics Specialist as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Import Logistics Specialist

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Energy & Utilities	$50,811	$24.0	10%
Pharmaceuticals	$50,811	$24.0	10%
Internet	$50,349	$24.0	9%
Healthcare	$49,887	$24.0	8%
Financial Services	$49,425	$24.0	7%

Import Logistics Specialist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Import Logistics Specialist's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$42,198

Average $46,192/year

$50,239

$3,517

Average $3,849/month

$4,187

$812

Average $888/week

$966

$20

Average $22/hour

$24

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$50,239	$4,187	$966	$24
Average	$46,192	$3,849	$888	$22
25th Percentile	$42,198	$3,517	$812	$20

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