750+ Operations & Supply Chain Jobs in Chicago, IL

For local management-heavy roles, the clearest hard number is the BLS operations manager wage: about $103,470 median in Chicago, with about $77,960 at the 25th percentile and about $138,330 at the 75th percentile. Across the broader category, local posted salary ranges center on about $80k to $101k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $60k to $140k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $19 to $22 an hour. As a broader benchmark, mean offered salary on Illinois openings in this field was about $95,358 in July 2026, based on n=3,459 postings tracked by Revelio Public Labor Statistics.

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Advertised pay

Across the 665 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $67,500 at the 25th percentile, $91,442 at the median and $132,756 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market, not a wide-open one. Chicago showed more than 9,800 recent postings across more than 2,700 companies, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by a few firms, which creates real opportunity. But the metro unemployment rate reached 5.3% in June 2026 and metro employment was down -2.5739% year over year, so competition is real. The category itself is holding up better than the broader market: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Illinois Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics employment up 2.5% year over year and active postings up 6.8% year over year in July 2026.

Best positioned: Candidates who can work on-site and show clear results in inventory, safety, Excel-based reporting, or frontline logistics execution have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume "operations" means remote, strategy-heavy office work; about 90% of local postings are on-site and the strongest local demand still clusters around execution-heavy roles.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 789 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Walgreens Co.: 26 open roles
2. DHL Group: 9 open roles
3. Roundel: 9 open roles
4. AbbVie Inc.: 8 open roles
5. Compass Group: 7 open roles
6. Publicis Groupe: 7 open roles
7. Target Corp: 7 open roles
8. Ingersoll Rand Inc.: 6 open roles
9. CTS Corp.: 5 open roles
10. KeHE Distributors, LLC: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Chicago: 310
• Aurora: 20
• Oak Brook: 17
• Bolingbrook: 15
• Joliet: 15
• Elgin: 14
• Romeoville: 14
• Schaumburg: 13

Work arrangement

on-site 605 (78%), hybrid 144 (19%), remote 24 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers: the Chicago sample showed more than 9,800 postings across more than 2,700 companies, and hiring is fragmented rather than concentrated. About 30% of postings came from enterprise employers, so large-company pipelines matter, but they are not the whole market. Industry mix is broad, with retail around 25% and transportation, food & beverage, manufacturing, and logistics each around 15% of postings. The practical implication is that this market is still closer to execution than strategy. About 55% of postings skew entry-level and about 35% mid-level, while only about 5% are senior and about 10% are lead+. Work arrangement is overwhelmingly physical-world: about 90% of roles are on-site, about 10% hybrid, and less than 5% remote. If you only target remote "business operations" jobs, you will miss where most of the actual demand sits.

• Retail and store-linked distribution (high): Retail accounts for about 25% of local postings, making it the single biggest concentration of demand in the sample.
• Transportation, warehousing, and logistics operators (high): Transportation and logistics each represent about 15% of postings, and many roles emphasize inventory, forklift, safety, and on-site execution.
• Food & beverage and manufacturing operations (moderate): Food & beverage and manufacturing each make up about 15% of postings, which is useful for candidates with shift, throughput, or plant-adjacent experience.
• Enterprise planning, procurement, and business operations (moderate): About 30% of postings come from enterprise employers, but only a small share are senior, so these roles are best for candidates who can show reporting, vendor, or cross-site coordination depth.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site retail, distribution, transportation, and manufacturing employers where inventory control, safety, and day-to-day execution are easiest to prove.

Roles worth searching next

• Project coordinator or program coordinator: Operations people already track tasks, vendors, deadlines, and cross-functional dependencies, which transfers well into management-routed coordination work.
• Business analyst or data analyst: Planner, buyer, and operations candidates often already work with exceptions, inventory, service levels, and reporting logic.
• Manufacturing production supervisor: Warehouse and fulfillment leads already manage shifts, throughput, safety, and bottlenecks in ways that map well to manufacturing.
• Customer success or account operations specialist: Candidates from order management, dispatch, receiving, and exception handling often already solve service issues with operational consequences.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (table_stakes | immediate): Inventory management appears in about 25% of local postings, making it the clearest baseline skill across warehouse, replenishment, planning, and operations roles. Who: Everyone in the category, especially entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance shows up in about 10% of local postings and is a common screen for employers running physical sites, shifts, and equipment-heavy workflows. Who: Warehouse, fulfillment, transportation, and manufacturing-adjacent candidates.
• Forklift operation (differentiator | immediate): Forklift operation appears in about 10% of local postings, so it can move an applicant from general labor competition into a more specific operations lane. Who: Entry-level candidates, warehouse workers, and switchers targeting fulfillment or distribution roles.
• Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office (differentiator | immediate): Microsoft Office and Microsoft Excel are explicitly requested in local postings, and they are the easiest proof that you can move from task execution into scheduling, reporting, purchasing, or planner support work. Who: Entry-level applicants trying to move up, plus mid-career candidates targeting planner, buyer, or coordinator roles.
• Valid driver's license (differentiator | immediate): A valid driver's license is the most commonly named credential in the local sample, even if it appears in only about 5% of postings, which signals its value for route, delivery-support, and site-to-site roles. Who: Candidates targeting transportation support, field-linked logistics, or mobile operations roles.
• AI literacy and prompt-based workflow automation (differentiator | near-term): Employers are increasingly seeking AI-literate candidates, AI literacy is becoming table stakes, and more than one-third of entry-level jobs now require some level of AI competency. Who: Mid-career applicants targeting planning, procurement, or business-operations roles, plus new grads who need a sharper edge.

Questions about this market

What do Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

For local management-heavy roles, the clearest hard number is the BLS operations manager wage: about $103,470 median in Chicago, with about $77,960 at the 25th percentile and about $138,330 at the 75th percentile. Across the broader category, local posted salary ranges center on about $80k to $101k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $60k to $140k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $19 to $22 an hour. As a broader benchmark, mean offered salary on Illinois openings in this field was about $95,358 in July 2026, based on n=3,459 postings tracked by Revelio Public Labor Statistics. This is a solid-paying category by Illinois standards, with field-specific openings above the Illinois all-occupations offered-salary average of about $82,789, but the spread is wide because hourly warehouse work and manager-track roles sit in the same bucket.

Where is demand for Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers: the Chicago sample showed more than 9,800 postings across more than 2,700 companies, and hiring is fragmented rather than concentrated. About 30% of postings came from enterprise employers, so large-company pipelines matter, but they are not the whole market. Industry mix is broad, with retail around 25% and transportation, food & beverage, manufacturing, and logistics each around 15% of postings. The practical implication is that this market is still closer to execution than strategy. About 55% of postings skew entry-level and about 35% mid-level, while only about 5% are senior and about 10% are lead+. Work arrangement is overwhelmingly physical-world: about 90% of roles are on-site, about 10% hybrid, and less than 5% remote. If you only target remote "business operations" jobs, you will miss where most of the actual demand sits.

Which employers are hiring the most Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics talent in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dominos (650 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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