Occupational Employment Statistics
43-5021 Couriers and Messengers
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 or Delivery Services Drivers" (53-3033).
Northwest Minnesota
| 20 | 5 | $20.16/hr | $17.17/hr | $18.54/hr | $19.43/hr | $21.74/hr | $23.56/hr |
Construction | 20 | $20.19/hr |
Manufacturing | 70 | $14.41/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 70 | $30.15/hr |
Financial Activities | N/A | N/A |
Professional and Business Services | 50 | $16.84/hr |
Education and Health Services | 230 | $20.32/hr |
Leisure and Hospitality | N/A | N/A |
Other Services | N/A | N/A |
Public Administration | N/A | N/A |
- Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
- Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
- Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
- Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments and to other establishments and private homes.
- Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
- Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
- Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
- Perform general office or clerical work, such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
- Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
- Use telephone to deliver verbal messages.