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Couriers and Messengers

Role Overview

Pick up and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or directly to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance. Excludes “Light Truck Drivers” (53-3033).

Salary by State (top paying)

State Median salary
Colorado $44,610
California $44,600
Washington $44,170
District of Columbia $44,010
Minnesota $43,890
Nevada $42,490
Massachusetts $42,250
Oregon $41,870
Utah $41,600
Maine $40,020
New York $39,780
New Jersey $39,710
Illinois $39,680
Vermont $39,600
Missouri $39,520

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See the Salary by State table above for state-level median wages from OEWS data.

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), BLS Employment Projections.

Median Annual Salary

$38,340

Projected Growth (10yr)

+8.2%

Avg. annual openings

27.9k

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