Fleet Manager

Also called: Vehicle Fleet Manager, Fleet Operations Manager

Manages a company's or city's vehicles: buying, maintaining, fueling, electrifying, and eventually selling them.

A day in the life

You decide whether to replace 50 aging police cars with hybrids, track maintenance costs, and plan charging stations for new electric vans.

Pay over a career

Starting
$55k
Typical
$85k
High
$125k

Estimated.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business or logistics, or years in fleet maintenance; CAFM certification helps.

Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Supply Chain Management, Business Administration.

Outlook

Growing about average. Steady, with new work in fleet electrification.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. Telematics and AI plan maintenance and EV charging; buying, budgeting and managing vendors stay human, with leaner staff.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Business, Auto tech CTE, Statistics.

Official data: O*NET occupation 11-3071.

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