Vocational Programs for Couriers and Messengers Career

The role of Couriers and Messengers is to 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.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $38,350 and $18 per hour. Based on BLS data, a total of 72,010 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Related Occupations to Couriers and Messengers Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Couriers and Messengers.

Related Occupations toCouriers and Messengers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Baggage Porters and Bellhops	28,780	$36,100	$17
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	43,830	$40,020	$19
Order Clerks	91,830	$43,530	$21
Cargo and Freight Agents	105K	$52,460	$25
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	206K	$50,830	$24
Postal Service Clerks	78,130	$59,240	$28
Postal Service Mail Carriers	332K	$59,340	$29
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	117K	$56,350	$27
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	844K	$42,730	$21
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	66,600	$38,370	$18
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	9,020	$64,950	$31
Driver/Sales Workers	463K	$38,230	$18
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,044K	$55,990	$27
Light Truck Drivers	1,004K	$46,090	$22
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	205K	$36,920	$18
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters	46,490	$72,220	$35
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,008K	$39,760	$19
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,873K	$37,990	$18