Salaries

AI Supply Chain Manager Salary.

Across 81 U.S. cities.

$102,000

estimated national base salary

$75,000 to $141,000. Last updated September 2026.

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Government benchmark for this occupation

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a median annual wage of $107,230 for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (SOC 11-3071) across the United States, based on 221,180 employed workers (May 2025 release).

10th percentile

$65,120

25th percentile

$82,440

Median

$107,230

75th percentile

$146,770

90th percentile

$194,900

Workers surveyed

221,180

What BLS published in each release

May 2024 release

$102,010

May 2025 release

$107,230

These are two separate published estimates, not a time series. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not encourage the use of OEWS data for time-series analysis. Differences between releases reflect changes in occupational classification, survey methodology, and the three-year pooled sample as well as any change in pay, so the two figures should not be read as a rate of wage growth.

BLS publishes wages by occupation code, not by job title, so this figure covers every role mapped to Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (SOC 11-3071) rather than AI Supply Chain Manager specifically. The national range at the top of this page is Orbyt’s role-level estimate, which is a different thing and is labelled as such.

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Highest Paying

$141,000

San Jose, CA

Best Purchasing Power

$106,000

Seattle, WA

Lowest Paying

$78,000

Charleston, WV

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated September 2026. This role maps to BLS occupation code 11-3071. Full methodology.

Orbyt estimates the average AI Supply Chain Manager salary in the United States at $102,000 in 2026, within a range of $75,000 to $141,000. These figures are Orbyt estimates, computed rather than measured, and must not be cited as Bureau of Labor Statistics figures; the published BLS wage for the occupation this role maps to is shown separately on this page. San Jose is the highest of the 81 cities at $141,000, while Seattle offers the best purchasing power after cost-of-living adjustments. AI Supply Chain Manager compensation scales with team size under management, scope of organizational responsibility, and track record of hiring and retaining talent.

AI Supply Chain Manager salary by city.

Salary comparison across 81 cities
CityMedianRangeCOLAdjustedRank
San Jose, CA$141,000$103,000 to $195,0001.38x$102,000#3015 of 3445
San Francisco, CA$135,000$99,000 to $187,0001.35x$100,000#3075 of 3445
New York, NY$132,000$97,000 to $182,0001.28x$103,000#2991 of 3445
Seattle, WA$132,000$97,000 to $182,0001.24x$106,000#2892 of 3445
Washington DC, DC$128,000$94,000 to $176,0001.25x$102,000#3019 of 3445
Honolulu, HI$127,000$94,000 to $176,0001.30x$98,000#3145 of 3445
Boston, MA$126,000$92,000 to $174,0001.22x$103,000#2992 of 3445
Jersey City, NJ$124,000$91,000 to $171,0001.20x$103,000#2977 of 3445
Los Angeles, CA$122,000$89,000 to $168,0001.18x$103,000#2982 of 3445
San Diego, CA$121,000$89,000 to $167,0001.17x$103,000#2990 of 3445
Arlington, VA$121,000$89,000 to $167,0001.22x$99,000#3115 of 3445
Boulder, CO$121,000$89,000 to $167,0001.15x$105,000#2912 of 3445
Newark, NJ$117,000$86,000 to $161,0001.18x$99,000#3106 of 3445
Hartford, CT$115,000$84,000 to $158,0001.08x$106,000#2910 of 3445
Miami, FL$114,000$84,000 to $158,0001.12x$102,000#3006 of 3445
Anchorage, AK$114,000$84,000 to $158,0001.13x$101,000#3041 of 3445
Princeton, NJ$114,000$84,000 to $157,0001.15x$99,000#3108 of 3445
Philadelphia, PA$113,000$83,000 to $157,0001.09x$104,000#2957 of 3445
Denver, CO$112,000$83,000 to $155,0001.08x$104,000#2947 of 3445
Baltimore, MD$112,000$83,000 to $155,0001.08x$104,000#2959 of 3445
Portland, OR$111,000$82,000 to $154,0001.10x$101,000#3059 of 3445
Manchester, NH$111,000$82,000 to $154,0001.06x$105,000#2933 of 3445
Providence, RI$109,000$80,000 to $151,0001.04x$105,000#2914 of 3445
Chicago, IL$108,000$79,000 to $149,0001.07x$101,000#3050 of 3445
Burlington, VT$108,000$80,000 to $149,0001.06x$102,000#3016 of 3445
Sacramento, CA$108,000$79,000 to $149,0001.10x$98,000#3146 of 3445
Minneapolis, MN$106,000$78,000 to $147,0001.05x$101,000#3034 of 3445
Nashville, TN$106,000$78,000 to $147,0001.00x$106,000#2906 of 3445
Richmond, VA$106,000$78,000 to $147,0001.01x$105,000#2923 of 3445
Austin, TX$105,000$77,000 to $145,0001.03x$102,000#3033 of 3445
Raleigh, NC$105,000$77,000 to $145,0000.99x$106,000#2897 of 3445
Wilmington, DE$105,000$77,000 to $145,0001.02x$103,000#2992 of 3445
Dallas, TX$104,000$77,000 to $144,0001.01x$103,000#2989 of 3445
Atlanta, GA$103,000$76,000 to $142,0001.02x$101,000#3050 of 3445
Salt Lake City, UT$103,000$76,000 to $142,0000.98x$105,000#2929 of 3445
Portland, ME$103,000$76,000 to $142,0001.05x$98,000#3135 of 3445
Charleston, SC$103,000$76,000 to $142,0000.98x$105,000#2917 of 3445
Ann Arbor, MI$102,000$75,000 to $141,0001.02x$100,000#3086 of 3445
Phoenix, AZ$101,000$74,000 to $139,0000.96x$105,000#2915 of 3445
Virginia Beach, VA$101,000$74,000 to $140,0000.98x$103,000#2988 of 3445
Madison, WI$101,000$74,000 to $139,0000.95x$106,000#2895 of 3445
Houston, TX$98,000$72,000 to $135,0000.97x$101,000#3047 of 3445
Columbus, OH$97,000$71,000 to $134,0000.93x$104,000#2946 of 3445
Orlando, FL$97,000$71,000 to $134,0000.95x$102,000#3008 of 3445
Spokane, WA$97,000$71,000 to $134,0000.92x$105,000#2910 of 3445
Charlotte, NC$96,000$71,000 to $133,0000.97x$99,000#3114 of 3445
Pittsburgh, PA$96,000$70,000 to $132,0000.92x$104,000#2938 of 3445
Albany, NY$96,000$71,000 to $133,0000.96x$100,000#3086 of 3445
Detroit, MI$95,000$70,000 to $132,0000.90x$106,000#2893 of 3445
Tampa, FL$95,000$70,000 to $131,0000.96x$99,000#3113 of 3445
Las Vegas, NV$94,000$69,000 to $130,0000.96x$98,000#3136 of 3445
Reno, NV$94,000$69,000 to $130,0000.96x$98,000#3141 of 3445
Knoxville, TN$94,000$69,000 to $131,0000.89x$106,000#2905 of 3445
North Charleston, SC$94,000$69,000 to $130,0000.94x$100,000#3092 of 3445
Kansas City, MO$93,000$68,000 to $129,0000.93x$100,000#3077 of 3445
Boise, ID$93,000$68,000 to $129,0000.95x$98,000#3140 of 3445
Cincinnati, OH$93,000$68,000 to $128,0000.90x$103,000#2972 of 3445
San Antonio, TX$93,000$68,000 to $128,0000.91x$102,000#3015 of 3445
Omaha, NE$92,000$67,000 to $127,0000.88x$105,000#2914 of 3445
Milwaukee, WI$92,000$68,000 to $127,0000.91x$101,000#3040 of 3445
Columbus, OH$91,000$67,000 to $126,0000.93x$98,000#3149 of 3445
Cheyenne, WY$91,000$67,000 to $126,0000.87x$105,000#2925 of 3445
Louisville, KY$90,000$66,000 to $124,0000.88x$102,000#3010 of 3445
New Orleans, LA$90,000$66,000 to $125,0000.92x$98,000#3144 of 3445
Baton Rouge, LA$90,000$66,000 to $124,0000.88x$102,000#3008 of 3445
Columbia, SC$90,000$66,000 to $124,0000.90x$100,000#3085 of 3445
Indianapolis, IN$89,000$66,000 to $123,0000.91x$98,000#3141 of 3445
St. Louis, MO$89,000$65,000 to $123,0000.90x$99,000#3111 of 3445
Sioux Falls, SD$89,000$66,000 to $123,0000.85x$105,000#2920 of 3445
Des Moines, IA$89,000$65,000 to $122,0000.86x$103,000#2952 of 3445
Fargo, ND$88,000$65,000 to $122,0000.85x$104,000#2940 of 3445
Albuquerque, NM$88,000$65,000 to $122,0000.88x$100,000#3076 of 3445
Des Moines, IA$87,000$64,000 to $120,0000.86x$101,000#3046 of 3445
Tulsa, OK$86,000$63,000 to $118,0000.83x$104,000#2946 of 3445
Oklahoma City, OK$85,000$62,000 to $117,0000.84x$101,000#3048 of 3445
Lexington, KY$85,000$63,000 to $118,0000.86x$99,000#3111 of 3445
Little Rock, AR$84,000$61,000 to $116,0000.82x$102,000#2985 of 3445
Birmingham, AL$82,000$60,000 to $114,0000.84x$98,000#3135 of 3445
Jackson, MS$81,000$60,000 to $113,0000.79x$103,000#2987 of 3445
Wichita, KS$80,000$59,000 to $111,0000.82x$98,000#3151 of 3445
Charleston, WV$78,000$57,000 to $108,0000.78x$100,000#3090 of 3445

Skills that increase AI Supply Chain Manager pay.

The premiums below are Orbyt's modelled scenarios for AI Supply Chain Managers, not effects measured from job postings: each is a fixed percentage applied to the estimated base. At the top premium that works out to $14,280 a year.

LLM Fine-Tuning+14%

≈ +$14,280 per year

Reinforcement Learning+13%

≈ +$13,260 per year

CUDA+12%

≈ +$12,240 per year

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)+11%

≈ +$11,220 per year

Kubernetes+11%

≈ +$11,220 per year

Transformers+10%

≈ +$10,200 per year

Rust+10%

≈ +$10,200 per year

PyTorch+9%

≈ +$9,180 per year

What you should know.

AI Supply Chain Manager compensation scales with team size under management, scope of organizational responsibility, and track record of hiring and retaining talent. Equity is a major component at roughly 25% of base — candidates should weight stock grants as heavily as salary when comparing offers. At the mid-management level, the scope of the organization under management ($10M budget vs $100M+) drives the largest compensation variance.

AI Supply Chain Managers progress Manager → Senior Manager → Director → Senior Director → VP → SVP → C-suite over 12 to 20 years. Each step adds org scope roughly 3x (manage 6 → 20 → 60 → 200 → 500+ people). The biggest inflection is Director → VP, which requires demonstrated P&L responsibility.

Total compensation for AI Supply Chain Managers runs roughly $223K at median when factoring base + equity (25% of base annually) + bonus (15% of base). Equity is the single largest non-base component — candidates should model vesting schedules (typically 4-year with 1-year cliff) and compare grant values across offers carefully. At management levels, variable compensation (bonus + LTIP) grows as a share of total — expect 30–50% variable at director and 50%+ variable at VP and above.

Total compensation breakdown.

Base Salary
$102,000
Equity / Year
$39,000
Annual Bonus
15%
$15,000
Signing Bonus
$16,000
Total Comp
$156,000

Salary by company size

Startup
< 50 employees
$92,000
Growth
50-500 employees
$97,000
Scale-up
500-5K employees
$102,000
Public
5K+ employees
$122,000

Remote salary adjustment

Remote AI Supply Chain Managers typically earn $95,000 (7% less than on-site). This reflects location-adjusted pay policies at companies using geographic salary bands. Some companies pay flat national rates regardless of location.

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Common questions about AI Supply Chain Manager pay.

Orbyt estimates the national median AI Supply Chain Manager salary at $102,000 in 2026, within a range of $75,000 to $141,000. This is a computed estimate, not a measured wage. Where you land depends on your experience, skills, the company's size, and your location.

Entry level AI Supply Chain Managers (0 to 2 years) typically earn $66,000 to $82,000. Mid level (3 to 5 years) run $87,000 to $107,000. Senior (6 to 9 years) reach $112,000 to $133,000, and lead level (10 plus years) $128,000 to $158,000.

Anchor your ask near the top of the range at $141,000 so you have room to settle around the $102,000 median. Bring specific data about your impact, and never accept the first number without a conversation.

AI Supply Chain Managers progress Manager → Senior Manager → Director → Senior Director → VP → SVP → C-suite over 12 to 20 years. Each step adds org scope roughly 3x (manage 6 → 20 → 60 → 200 → 500+ people). The biggest inflection is Director → VP, which requires demonstrated P&L responsibility.

AI Supply Chain Manager compensation scales with team size under management, scope of organizational responsibility, and track record of hiring and retaining talent. Equity is a major component at roughly 25% of base, candidates should weight stock grants as heavily as salary when comparing offers. At the mid-management level, the scope of the organization under management ($10M budget vs $100M+) drives the largest compensation variance.

Total compensation for AI Supply Chain Managers runs roughly $223K at median when factoring base + equity (25% of base annually) + bonus (15% of base). Equity is the single largest non-base component, candidates should model vesting schedules (typically 4-year with 1-year cliff) and compare grant values across offers carefully. At management levels, variable compensation (bonus + LTIP) grows as a share of total, expect 30, 50% variable at director and 50%+ variable at VP and above.

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