Takeover Tracker
30%medium risk
Logisticians
vs

69 shared · 20 different

core competencies

33%medium risk
Transportation Planners

Side-by-Side Comparison

MetricLogisticiansTransportation Planners
Risk Score29.7%32.9%
Risk TierMedium RiskMedium Risk
Risk Percentile37th56th
Tasks at Risk (>50%)5 / 159 / 15
Median Salary$80,880$100,340
Employment236K37K

Skill Comparison

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Sorted by largest difference

Engineering and Technology
Design
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
Administration and Management
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Education and Training
Personnel and Human Resources
MonitoringAI-Augmented
Thinking Creatively
Staffing Organizational Units
Economics and Accounting

Protective Factors

Higher values indicate stronger protection against AI displacement

Logisticians

31%

total discount

Transportation Planners

31%

total discount

Task Risk Comparison

Tasks sorted by AI automation risk — higher means more automatable

Logisticians

5 of 15 at risk
86%Report project plans, progress, and results.
61%Protect and control proprietary materials.
56%Develop and implement technical project management tools, such as plans, schedules, and responsibility and compliance matrices.
53%Direct availability and allocation of materials, supplies, and finished products.
53%Redesign the movement of goods to maximize value and minimize costs.

Transportation Planners

9 of 15 at risk
72%Prepare necessary documents to obtain planned project approvals or permits.
64%Analyze information from traffic counting programs.
54%Design transportation surveys to identify areas of public concern.
53%Interpret data from traffic modeling software, geographic information systems, or associated databases.
53%Define regional or local transportation planning problems or priorities.

Wage Comparison

Transportation Planners earns +$19,460(+24%) vs Logisticians
LogisticiansTransportation Planners
10th
$49,260$62,570
25th
$62,920$79,210
Median
$80,880$100,340
75th
$104,330$127,880
90th
$132,110$160,810

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Displacement Timeline Comparison

Logisticians2028–2035
Transportation Planners2028–2035
20242030203520402045

Logisticians has a longer runway before significant displacement, projected 0 years later than Transportation Planners.

Risk-Adjusted Salary

Salary weighted by displacement risk: salary × (1 − risk%)

Logisticians

$56,851

from $80,880

Transportation Planners

$67,378

from $100,340

After adjusting for AI risk, Transportation Planners offers $10,528 more in risk-adjusted pay.

Transition Feasibility

1%

Skill Overlap

Low overlap — significant retraining needed for transition

0

Unique to Logisticians

0

Unique to Transportation

Combined Protection Strategy

Regardless of which path you choose, focus on these protective factors

Creativity
Fine Manipulation
Social Intelligence
Decision Complexity
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