EMPLOYMENT DATA

Couriers and messengers

Couriers and messengers
Couriers and messengers -- jobs in the United States

Table showing the approximate number of people employed as Couriers and messengers and their average hourly wage and annual salary for selected cities and municipalities in the United States. All figures are from the U.S. Department of Labor.

CityNo. EmployedAvg Hourly WageAvg Annual Salary
Abilene, TX30$7.95$16,530
Akron, OH270$8.42$17,520
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY**$10.53$21,900
Albuquerque, NM380$8.74$18,190
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA300$10.19$21,200
Amarillo, TX90$9.51$19,780
Anchorage, AK160$12.70$26,420
Ann Arbor, MI PMSA80$10.14$21,100
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI90$8.09$16,830
Asheville, NC50$9.42$19,580
Athens, GA50$9.12$18,970
Atlanta, GA1,760$9.86$20,510
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ60$10.11$21,020
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC190$8.57$17,830
Austin-San Marcos, TX480$10.87$22,620
Bakersfield, CA**$8.48$17,640
Baltimore, MD PMSA1,240$11.69$24,310
Baton Rouge, LA340$8.74$18,180
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX170$8.90$18,520
Benton Harbor, MI40$9.81$20,400
Bergen-Passaic, NJ490$12.73$26,470
Billings, MT80$8.06$16,760
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS80$8.62$17,920
Binghamton, NY100$9.48$19,710
Birmingham, AL480$9.23$19,210
Boise City, ID340$9.63$20,040
Boston, MA-NH PMSA1,660$11.51$23,940
Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA180$9.56$19,890
Brazoria, TX40$9.57$19,900
Bremerton, WA90$10.29$21,400
Bridgeport, CT PMSA80$12.15$25,270
Brockton, MA PMSA**$12.08$25,130
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX100$7.55$15,700
Bryan-College Station, TX30$7.08$14,730
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY420$9.82$20,420
Burlington, VT**$9.54$19,850
Caguas, PR140$7.02$14,600
Canton-Massillon, OH110$9.90$20,590
Cedar Rapids, IA70$9.00$18,710
Champaign-Urbana, IL220$9.91$20,610
Charleston, WV170$10.14$21,080
Charleston-North Charleston, SC310$8.78$18,270
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC400$12.54$26,090
Charlottesville, VA40$10.46$21,750
Chattanooga, TN-GA270$9.39$19,530
Chicago, IL PMSA4,170$10.73$22,310
Chico-Paradise, CA60$10.86$22,590
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN630$10.46$21,760
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH470$11.66$24,260
Colorado Springs, CO70$9.79$20,370
Columbia, MO70$9.45$19,650
Columbia, SC430$8.39$17,460
Columbus, GA-AL70$8.13$16,920
Columbus, OH530$9.72$20,220
Corpus Christi, TX110$7.83$16,290
Dallas, TX1,020$10.35$21,540
Danbury, CT PMSA50$13.19$27,430
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL330$9.32$19,390
Daytona Beach, FL70$9.31$19,370
Dayton-Springfield, OH240$9.91$20,620
Denver, CO PMSA1,100$10.80$22,460
Des Moines, IA550$9.96$20,710
Detroit, MI PMSA1,150$11.34$23,580
Dubuque, IA60$8.41$17,490
Dutchess County, NY50$10.99$22,870
Eau Claire, WI100$9.68$20,140
El Paso, TX310$7.32$15,220
Elkhart-Goshen, IN70$9.95$20,700
Erie, PA120$8.54$17,770
Eugene-Springfield, OR110$11.30$23,510
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY80$10.22$21,260
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN60$10.04$20,880
Fayetteville, NC30$10.07$20,940
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR100$9.01$18,740
Fitchburg-Leominster, MA PMSA40$8.63$17,950
Flint, MI PMSA80$11.52$23,950
Florence, AL30$9.03$18,770
Florence, SC50$8.02$16,670
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA490$10.85$22,570
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL130$9.13$18,980
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL110$10.44$21,720
Fort Smith, AR-OK30$7.96$16,550
Fort Walton Beach, FL40$9.28$19,290
Fort Wayne, IN160$9.45$19,660
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX510$10.50$21,840
Fresno, CA320$8.95$18,620
Gainesville, FL100$11.28$23,460
Galveston-Texas City, TX50$8.90$18,520
Gary, IN PMSA**$8.38$17,420
Grand Junction, CO40$8.92$18,560
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI570$10.33$21,490
Green Bay, WI**$9.84$20,470
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC430$11.37$23,660
Greenville, NC70$8.47$17,620
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC**$9.86$20,510
Hagerstown, MD PMSA**$10.28$21,390
Hamilton-Middletown, OH**$7.97$16,570
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA250$9.49$19,750
Hartford, CT390$11.36$23,630
Hattiesburg, MS80$7.49$15,570
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC40$11.14$23,160
Honolulu, HI370$10.72$22,310
Houma, LA40$9.27$19,280
Houston, TX1,030$11.47$23,850
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH120$8.47$17,620
Huntsville, AL200$9.18$19,090
Indianapolis, IN470$10.01$20,810
Jackson, MS290$8.26$17,170
Jackson, TN80$7.85$16,330
Jacksonville, FL480$9.62$20,000
Jacksonville, NC50$8.24$17,140
Jamestown, NY**$9.26$19,270
Jersey City, NJ170$11.64$24,200
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA150$8.73$18,150
Johnstown, PA80$8.77$18,230
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI160$10.01$20,820
Kansas City, MO-KS790$10.52$21,880
Killeen-Temple, TX40$8.12$16,890
Knoxville, TN260$9.46$19,670
La Crosse, WI-MN80$8.16$16,970
Lafayette, IN80$9.90$20,600
Lafayette, LA260$7.38$15,340
Lake Charles, LA80$7.98$16,590
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL140$10.02$20,850
Lancaster, PA270$10.10$21,010
Lansing-East Lansing, MI280$10.69$22,230
Laredo, TX120$8.20$17,050
Las Vegas, NV-AZ1,050$10.77$22,400
Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA60$11.51$23,940
Lexington, KY400$9.01$18,740
Lima, OH50$8.74$18,170
Lincoln, NE170$9.48$19,730
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR360$9.83$20,440
Longview-Marshall, TX30$7.92$16,470
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA5,990$10.59$22,030
Louisville, KY-IN1,010$9.48$19,730
Lowell, MA-NH PMSA**$11.73$24,390
Lubbock, TX190$9.26$19,250
Lynchburg, VA40$9.06$18,850
Macon, GA200$8.94$18,590
Madison, WI190$10.92$22,720
Manchester, NH150$10.45$21,740
Mayaguez, PR130$7.13$14,830
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX170$7.83$16,280
Medford-Ashland, OR40$10.44$21,700
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL200$10.19$21,190
Memphis, TN-AR-MS430$10.30$21,410
Merced, CA**$10.10$21,010
Miami, FL PMSA1,670$11.14$23,170
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ330$12.46$25,920
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI810$9.32$19,390
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI1,680**
Mobile, AL150$8.11$16,870
Modesto, CA110$9.97$20,740
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ150$12.05$25,070
Monroe, LA90$7.82$16,260
Montgomery, AL220$7.96$16,560
Muncie, IN90$8.59$17,870
Myrtle Beach, SC50$9.15$19,030
Naples, FL110$9.42$19,590
Nashville, TN470$11.15$23,180
Nassau-Suffolk, NY1,680$11.24$23,380
New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA190$12.37$25,730
New London-Norwich, CT-RI70$9.33$19,410
New Orleans, LA510$11.97$24,900
New York, NY10,660$9.70$20,170
Newark, NJ1,580$10.97$22,820
Newburgh, NY-PA160$10.80$22,450
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC780$9.65$20,080
Oakland, CA PMSA1,830$10.67$22,200
Ocala, FL70$8.06$16,760
Odessa-Midland, TX90$8.91$18,540
Oklahoma City, OK290$9.16$19,060
Olympia, WA30$10.22$21,250
Omaha, NE-IA430$9.60$19,970
Orange County, CA PMSA2,930$9.28$19,290
Orlando, FL680$8.99$18,690
Panama City, FL40$11.02$22,930
Pensacola, FL150$9.27$19,280
Peoria-Pekin, IL60$9.24$19,220
Philadelphia, PA-NJ2,170$10.67$22,200
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ1,570$10.24$21,300
Pittsburgh, PA1,400$8.17$17,000
Ponce, PR160$6.54$13,610
Portland, ME40$10.57$21,990
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA800$11.70$24,330
Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME**$10.57$21,990
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA380$11.37$23,640
Provo-Orem, UT70$10.48$21,790
Pueblo, CO30$10.33$21,480
Racine, WI40$10.48$21,790
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC330$10.16$21,130
Reading, PA170$8.27$17,200
Redding, CA**$10.10$21,000
Reno, NV290$9.85$20,500
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA140$9.70$20,170
Richmond-Petersburg, VA470$10.21$21,230
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA870$9.94$20,680
Roanoke, VA160$9.07$18,870
Rochester, MN30$12.42$25,830
Rochester, NY710$10.62$22,100
Rockford, IL**$8.43$17,530
Sacramento, CA PMSA560$10.96$22,800
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI**$9.85$20,480
Salem, OR90$10.98$22,840
Salinas, CA40$12.50$26,010
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT1,040$8.71$18,110
San Antonio, TX660$9.37$19,490
San Diego, CA1,230$10.33$21,490
San Francisco, CA PMSA1,830$11.36$23,620
San Jose, CA PMSA390$13.93$28,970
San Juan-Bayamon, PR2,510$7.61$15,830
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA**$9.87$20,530
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA60$10.87$22,600
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA60$12.10$25,170
Santa Fe, NM50$9.57$19,900
Santa Rosa, CA PMSA60$11.76$24,450
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL240$9.11$18,940
Savannah, GA100$9.14$19,010
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA750$8.91$18,520
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA1,480$11.94$24,830
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA230$8.91$18,540
South Bend, IN120$9.76$20,300
Spokane, WA120$10.58$22,010
Springfield, IL70$11.23$23,360
Springfield, MA150$11.61$24,140
Springfield, MO190$8.36$17,400
St. Louis, MO-IL610$9.52$19,810
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA70$11.23$23,360
Stockton-Lodi, CA90$10.50$21,830
Syracuse, NY170$10.50$21,840
Tacoma, WA90$11.71$24,360
Tallahassee, FL260$8.77$18,240
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL1,050$10.28$21,370
Terre Haute, IN40$9.19$19,110
Toledo, OH210$10.03$20,870
Topeka, KS180$7.90$16,430
Trenton, NJ110$13.01$27,060
Tucson, AZ270$9.89$20,580
Tulsa, OK350$8.56$17,800
Tuscaloosa, AL110$8.78$18,250
Tyler, TX**$7.38$15,340
Utica-Rome, NY200$9.33$19,410
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA**$9.34$19,420
Ventura, CA PMSA850$9.10$18,920
Victoria, TX**$8.33$17,330
Waco, TX90$8.89$18,480
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA1,400$12.42$25,840
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA50$8.64$17,970
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL240$9.99$20,770
Wheeling, WV-OH40$8.30$17,270
Wichita, KS480$10.20$21,220
Wichita Falls, TX**$9.33$19,420
Williamsport, PA30$9.94$20,670
Wilmington, NC90$9.28$19,300
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA230$10.78$22,410
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA270$11.74$24,420
York, PA80$9.66$20,100
Youngstown-Warren, OH140$8.35$17,370


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