Couriers and Messengers

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  • Catering Delivery Driver - High Pay Per Delivery - Instant Payouts - Choose Your Routes - Expedite - Columbus,OH

    Independent Contractor Opportunity – Catering Delivery Services This is a 1099 independent contractor opportunity. You are not an employee. You operate as a self-employed individual and choose which delivery offers to accept. ...

  • Travel Supervisor - Sheetz - Columbus,OH

    Additional Job Info:Additional $1.50/hr. for working 10pm-6am Overview: Love meeting new people and shaking things up? Time to flex your hustle as a Multi-Store Supervisor! You'll be the secret sauce behind creating...

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What Couriers and messengers Do

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.


Courier and messenger Salaries

  • 2020 employment: 142,200
  • May 2021 median annual wage: $33,050

Job Outlook for Couriers and messengers

Projected employment change, 2020-30:

  • Number of new jobs: -11,700
  • Growth rate: -8 percent (Decline)

How to Become a Courier or messenger

Education and training:

  • Typical entry-level education: High school diploma or equivalent
  • Work experience in a related occupation: None
  • Typical on-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

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*Some content used by permission of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

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