750+ Operations & Supply Chain Jobs in Washington, DC

Local government wage data shows strong pay at the top end of the category's management track: Washington operations managers had a median annual wage of $142,060, a mean of $156,420, and a 25th-to-75th percentile range of $106,260 to $184,760 in May 2025. That is much higher than the current live-posting center for the broader category, which sits around about $84k to $120k for salaried roles and about $19 to $22 / hour for hourly roles. As a national directional check, new openings in the occupation family carried a mean offered salary of about $96,517 in July 2026, based on a sample of 128,867 postings.

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Advertised pay

Across the 580 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $70,000 at the 25th percentile, $103,299 at the median and $150,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a competitive market rather than a bad one: the metro unemployment rate was 4.1% in June 2026, and the last 90 days still showed more than 7,200 Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics postings across more than 2,100 companies. But the backdrop is softer than it looks, because Washington-Arlington-Alexandria lost 103,900 jobs from January 2025 to January 2026, while District of Columbia unemployment was 6% in June and both employment and labor force were down year over year. That means solid candidates can still land roles, but employers can be choosier, especially for higher-paying management seats and remote-friendly openings.

Best positioned: The best odds go to candidates who can work on-site and show inventory management, safety compliance, and customer-facing execution in retail, food service, transportation, or public-sector settings.

Main caution: Do not mistake Washington's very high operations-manager wage benchmarks for the whole category: live local postings center closer to about $84k to $120k for salaried roles, and about half of openings skew entry level.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 759 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Northrop Grumman Corp.: 16 open roles
2. Marriott International, Inc.: 15 open roles
3. Ally Behavior: 12 open roles
4. CVS Health Corporation: 10 open roles
5. Marriott International: 9 open roles
6. GXO Logistics, Inc.: 8 open roles
7. Koniag Services, Inc.: 8 open roles
8. Leidos: 8 open roles
9. Amazon.com Inc.: 7 open roles
10. Compass Group: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Washington: 178
• Baltimore: 75
• Arlington: 46
• McLean: 28
• Alexandria: 21
• Fairfax: 20
• Reston: 19
• Bethesda: 19

Work arrangement

on-site 599 (79%), hybrid 119 (16%), remote 38 (5%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated less in pure corporate strategy roles and more in applied, physical-world operations. Within current postings, retail accounts for about 35% of the mix, while food & beverage, government & public sector, and transportation each make up about 15%, with logistics at about 10%. That helps explain why inventory management is the most-requested hard skill at about 25%, and why driving, safety compliance, time management, merchandising, and customer service all show up strongly in the skill mix. The employer base is broad rather than winner-take-all. More than 7,200 postings were spread across more than 2,100 companies over the last 90 days, hiring is fragmented across employers, and about 40% of postings come from enterprise companies. But the market is not especially senior-heavy: about 50% of postings are entry level and about 35% midlevel, versus only about 5% senior and about 5% lead+.

• Retail and multi-site field operations (high): This is the clearest volume segment. Retail makes up about 35% of the local posting mix, and the common skill pattern emphasizes inventory management, customer service, merchandising, time management, and safety-minded execution.
• Transportation, delivery, and route-based logistics (high): Transportation represents about 15% of the mix, and the skill profile includes driving and safety compliance. A valid driver's license is the most commonly named explicit credential, even though only about 5% of postings state it directly.
• Public-sector and procurement-support operations (moderate): Government and public-sector roles make up about 15% of current postings, and the metro also has a sizable base of 15,140 buyers and purchasing agents in the latest available local BLS occupation data.
• Senior strategic operations leadership (limited): This path pays well, but it is a smaller live market. Senior roles are only about 5% of postings and lead+ roles about 5%, even though local operations-manager wages are high.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site midlevel roles where you can tie inventory, safety, vendor, or frontline service results to large employers in retail, transportation, food service, or public-adjacent operations.

Roles worth searching next

• Project coordinator: It uses the same coordination, handoff, scheduling, and follow-through muscles, but sits in a neighboring management track rather than inside this category.
• Compliance coordinator: Operations candidates already use safety, process discipline, documentation, and audit-minded habits that transfer well.
• Customer service supervisor: The local skill mix already rewards customer service, issue resolution, and frontline execution, which makes this a credible lateral move.
• Business analyst: Candidates who enjoy process improvement can pivot from operational execution into analysis and decision support.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting mix at about 25%, so it is baseline language for a large share of openings. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone applying to retail, warehouse, or multi-site operations roles.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance shows up in about 10% of local postings and often travels with driving, time management, and on-site execution work. Who: Candidates targeting transportation, logistics, warehouse, or route-based operations work.
• ASCM CSCP (premium | near-term): It is one of the clearer supply-chain credentials with a reported 27% median salary advantage over respondents with no APICS certification in ASCM's 2026 salary report. Who: Mid-career professionals aiming to move from execution into planning, procurement, or broader supply-chain ownership.
• AI-informed decision-making (differentiator | near-term): Operations-manager skill signals for 2026 emphasize AI-informed decision-making, change leadership for AI adoption, digital operations management, and AI tool orchestration. Who: Mid-career candidates, supervisors, and operations leaders.
• AI workflow design and tool integration (differentiator | near-term): Broader 2026 AI skill signals highlight AI-assisted research, AI workflow design, AI tool integration, and prompt engineering as in-demand capabilities. Who: Candidates who want to stand out in planning, procurement, or process-improvement conversations.
• Procurement GenAI workflows (differentiator | near-term): Procurement work is shifting toward tools that can draft contract clauses, summarize vendor proposals, and suggest negotiation strategies in real time. Who: Buyers, purchasing candidates, procurement analysts, and operations applicants who touch vendors.

Questions about this market

What do Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

Local government wage data shows strong pay at the top end of the category's management track: Washington operations managers had a median annual wage of $142,060, a mean of $156,420, and a 25th-to-75th percentile range of $106,260 to $184,760 in May 2025. That is much higher than the current live-posting center for the broader category, which sits around about $84k to $120k for salaried roles and about $19 to $22 / hour for hourly roles. As a national directional check, new openings in the occupation family carried a mean offered salary of about $96,517 in July 2026, based on a sample of 128,867 postings. Washington can pay extremely well if you land true operations leadership or higher-end procurement scope, but the active market is not mostly senior leadership. The live mix includes a lot of execution work, so many applicants will see pay much closer to the posting bands than the headline operations-manager benchmark.

Where is demand for Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated less in pure corporate strategy roles and more in applied, physical-world operations. Within current postings, retail accounts for about 35% of the mix, while food & beverage, government & public sector, and transportation each make up about 15%, with logistics at about 10%. That helps explain why inventory management is the most-requested hard skill at about 25%, and why driving, safety compliance, time management, merchandising, and customer service all show up strongly in the skill mix. The employer base is broad rather than winner-take-all. More than 7,200 postings were spread across more than 2,100 companies over the last 90 days, hiring is fragmented across employers, and about 40% of postings come from enterprise companies. But the market is not especially senior-heavy: about 50% of postings are entry level and about 35% midlevel, versus only about 5% senior and about 5% lead+.

Which employers are hiring the most Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics talent in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dominos (400 postings), Advance Auto Parts Inc. (200 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics roles in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV be done remotely?

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

How current are these listings?

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