DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

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).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	N/A	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	660	121	$16.77/hr	$0.70/hr	$11.53/hr	$13.46/hr	$16.21/hr	$18.82/hr	$23.81/hr
U S	74,720	1,868	$15.39/hr	$0.14/hr	$10.21/hr	$12.05/hr	$14.45/hr	$17.79/hr	$22.42/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Couriers and Messengers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 470 $16.03/hr N/A EDR 7W- Central 40 $15.58/hr N/A EDR 6E- Southwest Central 30 $16.79/hr N/A EDR 9 - South Central 30 $23.25/hr N/A EDR 4 - West Central 20 $16.20/hr N/A EDR 5 - North Central 10 $16.21/hr N/A EDR 10 - Southeast 10 $16.08/hr N/A EDR 3 - Arrowhead N/A $20.23/hr N/A EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A EDR 8 - Southwest N/A N/A N/A EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Postal Service Mail Carriers	90	$22.64/hr	N/A
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	N/A	N/A	N/A
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	N/A	N/A	N/A
Parking Lot Attendants	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cargo and Freight Agents	N/A	N/A	N/A

• Delivers messages and items, such as documents, packages, and food, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.
• Records information, such as items received and delivered, and recipient's replies to message.
• Monitors fluid levels and replenishes fuel to maintain delivery vehicle.
• Obtains signature, receipt, or payment from recipient for articles delivered.
• Calls by telephone to deliver verbal messages.
• Receives message or materials to be delivered, and information on recipient, such as name, address, and telephone number.
• Walks, rides bicycle, drives vehicle, or uses public conveyance to reach destination to deliver message or materials, in person.