DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

43-5021 Couriers and Messengers

Occupational Description:
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
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Rochester MN MSAN/AN/AN/A$0.74/hrN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Minnesota 660121$16.77/hr$0.70/hr$11.53/hr$13.46/hr$16.21/hr$18.82/hr$23.81/hr
U S 74,7201,868$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)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 520 $16.04/hr N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA 70 $11.30/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 50 $16.94/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 40 $14.59/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 30 $16.30/hr N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 20 $14.47/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 10 $16.69/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA 10 N/A N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA N/A N/A N/A
Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A $13.37/hr N/A
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant510$13.27/hrN/A
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers360$11.26/hrN/A
Postal Service Mail Carriers240$25.33/hrN/A
Cargo and Freight Agents20N/AN/A
Parking Lot AttendantsN/A$13.89/hrN/A
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal ServiceN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Couriers and Messengers