Supply Chain Management Degrees In Vermont

The Nearest Supply Chain Programs To Vermont

Neither accreditor lists a supply chain, logistics or transportation program in Vermont. For Vermont, the closest accredited options are across the border: New York (24), Massachusetts (16) and New Hampshire (one).

The table gives the lowest verified cost in each of Vermont’s neighbors.

Every Accredited Program In The States Around Vermont

All 15 accredited programs next to Vermont are below. Four of them name an online format, which a Vermont resident could take without crossing the border.

Tuition Discounts For Vermont Residents

Vermont belongs to one regional tuition exchange. Tuition Break is open to Vermont residents for undergraduate and graduate study. Besides Vermont, five member states have 32 programs, 16 of them in Massachusetts.

For a Vermont student, an exchange is the main way to save. Before applying, Vermont students should ask each school whether Tuition Break covers its degree.

Studying Supply Chain Management Online In Vermont

Without a campus program in Vermont, online study is how a Vermont resident earns an accredited degree without moving.

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

For a Vermont student, these are the six lowest online master’s totals we list.

Supply Chain Pay In Vermont

In Vermont, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $135,720. Logisticians in Vermont earn a median of $83,560, above the $82,320 national figure; Vermont’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $63,350 and the top tenth over $107,520.

For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Vermont, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $101,850, with the 10th percentile at $70,090 and the 90th at $167,530. On the procurement side, Vermont’s purchasing managers earn a median of $135,720 and its buyers and purchasing agents $65,330, across 1,010 jobs.

Pay And The Cost Of Living In Vermont

At 98.0 for 2024, Vermont’s BEA price level sits 2% under the U.S. average, so Vermont’s $83,560 logistician median buys what $85,302 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Vermont ranks 23rd of 51 for logistician pay.

Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Vermont

Burlington-South Burlington, VT pays Vermont’s highest logistician median, $85,600, $2,040 above the Vermont figure.

Vermont Pay Against Its Neighbors

Massachusetts pays logisticians the most here, $100,360; Vermont is third of 4 at $83,560. Adjusted for prices, Massachusetts leads at $94,897, and Vermont places second.

Where The Supply Chain Jobs Are In Vermont

Vermont’s largest by headcount: buyers and purchasing agents (1,010), then industrial production managers (480) and production, planning, and expediting clerks (430). Vermont holds 0.2% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Vermont logisticians are 0.1% of the U.S. total.

The managers’ occupation has 1.286 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont (location quotient 0.9), ranking Vermont 23rd of 50 and below the national share. In Vermont, logisticians hold 0.853 jobs per 1,000 (0.53 quotient, 44th).

Vermont Logistics Industries

County Business Patterns counts 5,420 transportation and warehousing jobs at 440 Vermont employers in 2023, plus 10,261 jobs in Vermont’s wholesale trade. By that count Vermont ranks 50th of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.

Within it, trucking is Vermont’s largest freight line, 1,914 jobs, followed by couriers and delivery at 1,453. Warehousing and storage employs 251 people at 26 Vermont sites, 50th among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Vermont is trucking, averaging $65,683 a year per job.

Supply Chain Job Growth In Vermont Through 2034

In Vermont, cargo and freight agents grow fastest: +9.7%, from 30 jobs in 2024 to 30 in 2034, per Vermont’s labor market office (U.S.: +8.5%). The slowest in Vermont is production, planning, and expediting clerks, at -7.3%.

Across its six core supply chain occupations, Vermont expects about 130 openings a year. One of Vermont’s six is projected to outpace the U.S.

Supply Chain Occupations In Vermont, One By One

Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Vermont

Vermont has 390 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $101,850, puts Vermont 31st of 52. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $88,910 to $131,510, and the outer tenths reach $70,090 and $167,530. At 1.286 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 0.9 (23rd). Vermont’s labor office projects -0.3% to 2034, about 30 openings a year.

Logisticians In Vermont

Vermont has 260 logisticians. Their median, $83,560, puts Vermont 18th of 52. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $70,870 to $94,890, and the outer tenths reach $63,350 and $107,520. At 0.853 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 0.53 (44th). Vermont’s labor office projects +5% to 2034, about 20 openings a year.

Purchasing Managers In Vermont

Vermont has 90 purchasing managers. Their median, $135,720, puts Vermont 26th of 51. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $116,230 to $164,400, and the outer tenths reach $94,240 and $179,360. At 0.305 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 0.56 (40th). Vermont’s labor office projects +2.2% to 2034, about 10 openings a year.

Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Vermont

Vermont has 1,010 buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $65,330, puts Vermont 49th of 52. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $51,970 to $95,680, and the outer tenths reach $45,230 and $166,520. At 3.317 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 1.05 (17th).

Operations Research Analysts In Vermont

Vermont has 170 operations research analysts. Their median, $89,790, puts Vermont 25th of 48. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $75,070 to $101,980, and the outer tenths reach $65,100 and $123,740. At 0.544 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 0.78 (23rd). Vermont’s labor office projects +20.2% to 2034, about 10 openings a year.

Industrial Production Managers In Vermont

Vermont has 480 industrial production managers. Their median, $114,150, puts Vermont 41st of 51. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $92,820 to $140,260, and the outer tenths reach $78,710 and $175,390. At 1.584 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 1 (21st). Vermont’s labor office projects -5.3% to 2034, about 30 openings a year.

Cargo And Freight Agents In Vermont

Vermont has 80 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $47,560, puts Vermont 43rd of 49. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $47,560 to $60,530, and the outer tenths reach $42,160 and $61,320. At 0.27 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 0.43 (41st). Vermont’s labor office projects +9.7% to 2034, with few openings a year.

Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Vermont

Vermont has 430 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $60,560, puts Vermont 19th of 52. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $50,250 to $74,280, and the outer tenths reach $44,710 and $82,510. At 1.429 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 0.57 (39th). Vermont’s labor office projects -7.3% to 2034, about 40 openings a year.

Compliance Officers In Vermont

Vermont has 1,960 compliance officers. Their median, $90,420, puts Vermont seventh of 52. The middle half of Vermont’s pay for this occupation runs from $68,220 to $108,510, and the outer tenths reach $53,570 and $118,270. At 6.438 jobs per 1,000 in Vermont, its location quotient is 2.4 (first). Vermont’s labor office projects +1.7% to 2034, about 150 openings a year.

Vermont Freight And The Supply Chain Economy

Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Vermont, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 41.3 million tons of freight worth $71.5 billion moved in 2024. That ranks Vermont 49th of 51 by value, and 36.4% of its tonnage never leaves the state.

By value, processed foods and electronics lead Vermont’s freight. By weight, Vermont moves mostly gravel and natural gas and fossil products. In Vermont, trucks carry 73% of the tons, pipelines 12.5% and multiple modes and mail 9.8%.

Vermont’s largest domestic trading partner is New York ($8.1 billion, both directions), then Massachusetts and New Jersey. Vermont exported $3.6 billion of freight, mostly to Canada, and imported $3.1 billion, mostly from Canada. The framework forecasts Vermont’s tonnage to grow 30.5% by 2050 and its real value 93.8%.

How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Vermont

1. For a Vermont student, weigh a campus in New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire against an online program; New York has the most choice next door, with 24.
2. Ask about Tuition Break before ruling out a school outside Vermont; Vermont’s residents can use it for undergraduate and graduate study.
3. Match the program to where you’ll work: in Vermont, Burlington-South Burlington, VT pays logisticians most, $85,600 against $83,560 statewide.
4. Look at demand too: in Vermont, cargo and freight agents grow fastest, +9.7% by 2034.

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