Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Couriers and Messengers
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.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Couriers and Messengers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $21,840 to $26,110 per year or $11 to $13 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Couriers and Messengers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $23 | $48,340 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $18 | $38,020 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $15 | $30,980 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $13 | $26,110 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $11 | $21,840 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
CT | $21 | $44,490 |
WA | $19 | $39,030 |
MN | $19 | $38,790 |
CA | $19 | $38,640 |
MA | $18 | $37,140 |
NY | $18 | $36,730 |
OR | $18 | $36,620 |
AK | $18 | $36,400 |
MD | $17 | $35,950 |
CO | $17 | $35,880 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Courier and Messenger is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CT doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CT might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Couriers and Messengers are in the states of CT, WA, MN, CA and MA.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Postal Service (Federal Government) | $62300 | $29.95 |
Local Government | $41910 | $20.15 |
Death Care Services | $41440 | $19.92 |
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors | $38880 | $18.69 |
Outpatient Care Centers | $37660 | $18.10 |
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers | $37000 | $17.79 |
Rental and Leasing Services | $36620 | $17.61 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $36610 | $17.60 |
Radio and Television Broadcasting | $36490 | $17.54 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | $36470 | $17.53 |
Nonresidential Building Construction | $35820 | $17.22 |
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services | $35790 | $17.20 |
State Government | $35780 | $17.20 |
Nondepository Credit Intermediation | $35680 | $17.15 |
Motion Picture and Video Industries | $35680 | $17.15 |
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities | $35580 | $17.11 |
Other Support Services | $35500 | $17.07 |
Warehousing and Storage | $35130 | $16.89 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools | $35050 | $16.85 |
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction | $35010 | $16.83 |
Restaurants and Other Eating Places | $34910 | $16.78 |
Local Messengers and Local Delivery | $34910 | $16.78 |
Business Support Services | $34880 | $16.77 |
Specialty Hospitals | $34700 | $16.68 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $34520 | $16.60 |
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories | $34320 | $16.50 |
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $34040 | $16.37 |
Truck Transportation | $33990 | $16.34 |
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations | $33850 | $16.27 |
Junior Colleges | $33630 | $16.17 |