Couriers and Messengers

Top 3 Courier Jobs

  • Delivery Driver - Full Time 3rd Shift - CVS Health - Columbus,OH

    Embrace the opportunity to become a Delivery Driver and play a vital role in ensuring timely and accurate delivery of prescription medications to patients. Utilize your customer service and driving skills in a supportive environment with opportunitie...

  • HOT SHOT DRIVERS WANTED $4K/WEEK - R and J Hotshots - Columbus,OH

    We are looking for drivers specifically for a dually with a 40 foot hotshot trailer. Drivers will have two and a half weeks on the road and four days off. There will be instances where drivers may have to tarp, change and/or bind. They will...

  • Delivery Driver - Disability Solutions - Columbus,OH

    Casual Package Delivery Driver Who exactly are UPS Casual Package Delivery Drivers? They're the ones who drive our familiar brown trucks, bringing packages great and small to our customers. They're a...

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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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