Supply Chain Management Degrees In Alaska

Accredited Supply Chain Programs In Alaska

By level, Alaska has one bachelor’s and one master’s. Every Alaska program sits in an AACSB-accredited business school.

One of the Alaska listings names an online format.

Tuition Discounts For Alaska Residents

Alaska belongs to one regional tuition exchange. WUE is open to Alaska residents for undergraduate study. Besides Alaska, nine member states have 52 programs, 18 of them in California.

If the program you want isn’t offered in Alaska, an exchange can keep a campus over the border near Alaska’s in-state cost. Before applying, Alaska students should ask each school whether WUE covers its degree.

Studying Supply Chain Management Online In Alaska

One of the two Alaska directory listings name an online format, so some Alaska students can skip the commute to an in-state school.

An Alaska student enrolling online elsewhere should check whether the school charges Alaska residents its online rate or a nonresident one, and whether Alaska students must spend time on campus.

Supply Chain Pay In Alaska

In Alaska, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $114,650. Logisticians in Alaska earn a median of $87,280, above the $82,320 national figure; Alaska’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $57,960 and the top tenth over $133,090.

For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Alaska, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $103,080, with the 10th percentile at $76,310 and the 90th at $157,100. On the procurement side, Alaska’s purchasing managers earn a median of $114,650 and its buyers and purchasing agents $83,460, across 890 jobs.

Pay And The Cost Of Living In Alaska

At 102.4 for 2024, Alaska’s BEA price level sits 2.4% over the U.S. average, so Alaska’s $87,280 logistician median buys what $85,269 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Alaska ranks 25th of 51 for logistician pay.

Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Alaska

Fairbanks-College, AK pays Alaska’s highest logistician median, $94,740, $7,460 above the Alaska figure.

Alaska Pay Against Other WUE States

Washington pays logisticians the most here, $107,250; Alaska is sixth of 15 at $87,280. Adjusted for prices, New Mexico leads at $106,743, and Alaska places eighth.

Where The Supply Chain Jobs Are In Alaska

Alaska’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (890), then cargo and freight agents (580) and logisticians (530).

Alaska Logistics Industries

County Business Patterns counts 21,001 transportation and warehousing jobs at 1,252 Alaska employers in 2023, plus 8,399 jobs in Alaska’s wholesale trade. By that count Alaska ranks 40th of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.

Within it, air transportation is Alaska’s largest freight line, 6,226 jobs, followed by freight support services at 3,365. Warehousing and storage employs 877 people at 33 Alaska sites, 48th among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Alaska is couriers and delivery, averaging $143,082 a year per job.

Supply Chain Job Growth In Alaska Through 2034

In Alaska, cargo and freight agents grow fastest: +5.3%, from 660 jobs in 2024 to 700 in 2034, per Alaska’s labor market office (U.S.: +8.5%). The slowest in Alaska is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at +0.4%.

Across its six core supply chain occupations, Alaska expects about 180 openings a year. Two of Alaska’s six are projected to outpace the U.S.

Supply Chain Occupations In Alaska, One By One

Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Alaska

BLS publishes no Alaska job count for transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $103,080, puts Alaska 27th of 52. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $92,040 to $130,620, and the outer tenths reach $76,310 and $157,100. Alaska’s labor office projects +0.7% to 2034, about 30 openings a year.

Logisticians In Alaska

Alaska has 530 logisticians. Their median, $87,280, puts Alaska 14th of 52. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $67,850 to $114,270, and the outer tenths reach $57,960 and $133,090. At 1.633 jobs per 1,000 in Alaska, its location quotient is 1.01 (15th). Alaska’s labor office projects +1.1% to 2034, about 30 openings a year.

Purchasing Managers In Alaska

Alaska has 140 purchasing managers. Their median, $114,650, puts Alaska 48th of 51. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $91,360 to $139,560, and the outer tenths reach $80,420 and $160,650. At 0.432 jobs per 1,000 in Alaska, its location quotient is 0.8 (27th). Alaska’s labor office projects +3.9% to 2034, about 10 openings a year.

Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Alaska

Alaska has 890 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $83,460, puts Alaska ninth of 52. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $66,750 to $106,870, and the outer tenths reach $60,860 and $132,730. At 2.743 jobs per 1,000 in Alaska, its location quotient is 0.87 (33rd).

Operations Research Analysts In Alaska

Alaska has 70 operations research analysts. Their median, $88,750, puts Alaska 26th of 48. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $60,940 to $104,010, and the outer tenths reach $50,230 and $128,910. At 0.209 jobs per 1,000 in Alaska, its location quotient is 0.3 (44th). Alaska’s labor office projects +5.2% to 2034, with few openings a year.

Industrial Production Managers In Alaska

Alaska has 410 industrial production managers. Their median, $113,280, puts Alaska 42nd of 51. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $94,140 to $146,990, and the outer tenths reach $70,640 and $175,600. At 1.246 jobs per 1,000 in Alaska, its location quotient is 0.79 (33rd). Alaska’s labor office projects +1.2% to 2034, about 10 openings a year.

Cargo And Freight Agents In Alaska

Alaska has 580 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $52,070, puts Alaska 19th of 49. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $46,520 to $72,730, and the outer tenths reach $43,740 and $80,170. At 1.785 jobs per 1,000 in Alaska, its location quotient is 2.84 (second). Alaska’s labor office projects +5.3% to 2034, about 60 openings a year.

Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Alaska

Alaska has 380 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $62,590, puts Alaska 11th of 52. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $52,070 to $74,970, and the outer tenths reach $38,580 and $81,290. At 1.162 jobs per 1,000 in Alaska, its location quotient is 0.46 (45th). Alaska’s labor office projects +0.4% to 2034, about 40 openings a year.

Compliance Officers In Alaska

Alaska has 920 compliance officers. Their median, $76,430, puts Alaska 28th of 52. The middle half of Alaska’s pay for this occupation runs from $50,460 to $106,870, and the outer tenths reach $47,290 and $126,920. At 2.819 jobs per 1,000 in Alaska, its location quotient is 1.05 (18th). Alaska’s labor office projects +0.9% to 2034, about 60 openings a year.

Alaska Freight And The Supply Chain Economy

Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Alaska, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 45.0 million tons of freight worth $90.1 billion moved in 2024. That ranks Alaska 47th of 51 by value and 48th by weight, and 62.4% of its tonnage never leaves the state.

By value, electronics and machinery lead Alaska’s freight. By weight, Alaska moves mostly crude petroleum and gasoline. In Alaska, water carry 41.7% of the tons, trucks 34.9% and multiple modes and mail 8.5%.

Alaska’s largest domestic trading partner is Washington ($10.4 billion, both directions), then California and Utah. Alaska exported $6.6 billion of freight, mostly to Eastern Asia, and imported $3.6 billion, mostly from Eastern Asia. The framework forecasts Alaska’s tonnage to grow 89.9% by 2050 and its real value 78.5%.

Alaska Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs

University of Alaska Anchorage sits in the Anchorage, AK metro area.

• Anchorage, AK (metro area): University of Alaska Anchorage.

How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Alaska

1. With two accredited programs in Alaska, the choice at home is short: University of Alaska Anchorage. If none fits, online study is the alternative for Alaska students.
2. Alaska shares no land border, so a campus elsewhere means a move; the WUE table above lists public universities that may discount an Alaska resident’s tuition.
3. Ask about WUE before ruling out a school outside Alaska; Alaska’s residents can use it for undergraduate study.
4. Check the format line by line: one of Alaska’s two directory listings name an online option.
5. Match the program to where you’ll work: in Alaska, Fairbanks-College, AK pays logisticians most, $94,740 against $87,280 statewide.
6. Look at demand too: in Alaska, cargo and freight agents grow fastest, +5.3% by 2034.

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