Supply Chain Jobs in Raleigh, NC

Observed local wage anchors are decent but split by sub-role. In Raleigh-Cary, BLS annual wages for logisticians ran from $67,780 at the 25th percentile to $109,130 at the 75th percentile, with a $78,420 median and $90,390 mean in 2025. Higher-end distribution leadership roles paid more: transportation, storage, and distribution managers showed a $110,780 median and $124,670 mean. As a proxy for the broader current market, posted local salary ranges in this category center on about $80k to $112k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $18 to $20 / hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 64 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $59,820 at the 25th percentile, $86,434 at the median and $150,525 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Raleigh-Cary is a workable market right now, but not an easy one if you are holding out for remote strategy roles. Metro unemployment was 3.1% in August 2026, total nonfarm employment was up 2.2338% year over year, and Raleigh-Cary had more than 550 recent operations, supply chain, and logistics postings across more than 350 companies. Statewide occupation signals are still positive: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows North Carolina operations, supply chain, and logistics employment up 1.8% year over year and active postings up 2.0% in September 2026, but Raleigh-Cary trade, transportation, and utilities employment was down -0.2292% year over year and manufacturing employment was down -1.4006%, so hiring is healthiest in specific niches rather than across every sub-role.

Best positioned: Candidates with on-site availability, inventory or warehouse credibility, or planner/procurement-style experience have the best odds because about 85% of local postings are on-site, about 75% of the sample is entry or mid-level, and inventory management is the most-requested hard skill.

Main caution: The biggest trap is applying as a generic operations leader and assuming the whole market pays management wages; local pay and demand split sharply between logisticians, hands-on hourly roles, and higher-paid distribution leadership jobs.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 158 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Duke PA: 6 open roles
2. BE&K Building Group: 4 open roles
3. Eaton Corporation: 4 open roles
4. Crothall Healthcare: 3 open roles
5. FUJIFILM Corporation: 3 open roles
6. Lenovo Inc.: 3 open roles
7. WSP Global Inc.: 3 open roles
8. Agiliti Health, Inc.: 2 open roles
9. AVI Foodsystems, Inc.: 2 open roles
10. ChicknLegs: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Raleigh: 56
• Durham: 34
• Morrisville: 18
• Cary: 11
• Garner: 6
• Apex: 4
• Charlotte: 3
• Mooresville: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 118 (77%), hybrid 23 (15%), remote 12 (8%)

Where the demand is

The biggest volume is not sitting in a single flagship employer. Local hiring is fragmented across employers, with more than 550 recent postings spread across more than 350 companies, and the most-active industry buckets are manufacturing and retail at about 20% each, followed by construction at about 15%, then pharmaceutical manufacturing and real estate at about 10% each. The role mix splits into two practical lanes. One lane is execution-heavy and on-site: inventory, forklift, warehouse, material handling, shipping/receiving, and safety work, supported by the strong local skill signals for inventory management, forklift operation, warehouse operations, material handling, safety compliance, and inventory control. The other lane is business-facing planning and coordination: procurement, sourcing, logistics, and operations analysis, where bachelor's degrees appear more often and current pay is stronger, but requirements rise faster. Because Raleigh-Cary trade, transportation, and utilities employment was slightly down year over year and manufacturing was down more noticeably, the best openings are likely to come from firms still investing in operational complexity rather than pure headcount expansion.

• Warehouse, inventory, and fulfillment (high): This is the clearest access lane for faster entry because the market is heavily on-site and the top local hard skills are inventory management, forklift operation, warehouse operations, material handling, and inventory control.
• Planner, buyer, procurement, and logistics coordinator (moderate): This lane is attractive for candidates with stronger office, reporting, and cross-functional skills because bachelor's degrees are the most common stated education requirement and posted salaries center on about $80k to $112k across the category.
• Operations leadership and distribution management (limited): Pay is strongest here, but the opening count is narrower because only about 15% of the local sample is lead-level or above, and these roles tend to require directly relevant leadership depth.

Where to focus: If you need interviews quickly, focus on on-site inventory, planner, and procurement roles tied to manufacturing, retail, construction, and pharma-linked employers rather than remote operations-manager searches.

Roles worth searching next

• Quality assurance or compliance specialist: Inventory control, documentation discipline, SOP thinking, and safety habits transfer well, especially near pharmaceutical and manufacturing employers.
• Manufacturing production supervisor: Scheduling, throughput, materials coordination, and floor leadership all overlap with operations backgrounds.
• Sales operations or revenue operations analyst: Candidates with KPI reporting, Microsoft Office, process discipline, and cross-functional coordination can pivot into business-process roles.
• Facilities or real estate operations coordinator: Vendor coordination, service levels, scheduling, and site operations transfer well, and real estate is an active local industry bucket within the sample.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample, appearing in about 25% of postings. Who: Almost everyone in this category, especially entry-level candidates and switchers.
• Forklift certification (table_stakes | immediate): Forklift operation appears in about 20% of local skill mentions, and forklift certification is the most commonly required certification, even though only about 5% of postings explicitly require it. Who: Warehouse, fulfillment, shipping/receiving, and material-handling candidates.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance shows up among the most-requested local hard skills, which makes it a simple credibility signal for physical operations roles. Who: Candidates targeting warehouse, construction-adjacent, manufacturing, or distribution environments.
• Microsoft Office (table_stakes | immediate): Microsoft Office remains one of the most-requested local hard skills, especially for coordinator and planner-style roles. Who: Mid-career candidates, coordinators, buyers, planners, and career switchers coming from non-operations backgrounds.
• Data analytics (differentiator | near-term): Data analytics is the most commonly identified organizational skill gap among surveyed supply chain professionals, cited by 40% of respondents. Who: Planner, procurement, sourcing, analyst, and operations-improvement candidates.
• Python or R (premium | near-term): Higher-level planning roles increasingly require Python or R for automating routine data cleaning and basic forecasting models. Who: Candidates aiming above coordinator level into planning, analytics, or optimization work.

Questions about this market

What do Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Observed local wage anchors are decent but split by sub-role. In Raleigh-Cary, BLS annual wages for logisticians ran from $67,780 at the 25th percentile to $109,130 at the 75th percentile, with a $78,420 median and $90,390 mean in 2025. Higher-end distribution leadership roles paid more: transportation, storage, and distribution managers showed a $110,780 median and $124,670 mean. As a proxy for the broader current market, posted local salary ranges in this category center on about $80k to $112k, while hourly-paid postings center on about $18 to $20 / hour. That usually means Raleigh is attractive for candidates who can straddle execution and coordination work. BLS reported a $44.93 mean hourly wage for the metro's broad business and financial operations group versus $34.01 across all occupations, which implies real upside for stronger operations candidates without guaranteeing management-level pay.

Where is demand for Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC concentrated?

The biggest volume is not sitting in a single flagship employer. Local hiring is fragmented across employers, with more than 550 recent postings spread across more than 350 companies, and the most-active industry buckets are manufacturing and retail at about 20% each, followed by construction at about 15%, then pharmaceutical manufacturing and real estate at about 10% each. The role mix splits into two practical lanes. One lane is execution-heavy and on-site: inventory, forklift, warehouse, material handling, shipping/receiving, and safety work, supported by the strong local skill signals for inventory management, forklift operation, warehouse operations, material handling, safety compliance, and inventory control. The other lane is business-facing planning and coordination: procurement, sourcing, logistics, and operations analysis, where bachelor's degrees appear more often and current pay is stronger, but requirements rise faster. Because Raleigh-Cary trade, transportation, and utilities employment was slightly down year over year and manufacturing was down more noticeably, the best openings are likely to come from firms still investing in operational complexity rather than pure headcount expansion.

Which employers are hiring the most Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics talent in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Recent postings show the most activity from Lenovo Inc. (10 postings), Duke PA (10 postings), Cbre (10 postings), Millennium Print Group (10 postings), McLane Co. (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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