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Couriers & Messengers

SOC 43-5021

Deliver documents and small packages quickly within a city.

The job
Median pay
$39k
$36k to $45k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+8.0% projected
Openings a year
24k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
52nd pct
More exposed than 52% of occupations · modeled estimate · 44th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
45/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
New York7,3200.81.7×$39k
California7,2400.40.9×$45k
Florida4,9100.51.1×$38k
Texas4,7100.30.8×$39k
North Carolina3,3500.71.5×$39k
Pennsylvania3,3300.51.2×$40k
Wisconsin2,5600.92.0×$37k
Georgia2,1000.41.0×$39k
New Jersey2,1000.51.1×$41k
Virginia2,0100.51.1×$38k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Ohio1,7100.30.7×$38k
Tennessee1,6470.51.1×$40k~
Massachusetts1,5600.41.0×$42k
Michigan1,5000.30.8×$38k
South Carolina1,3800.61.4×$37k
Illinois1,3400.20.5×$39k
Oklahoma1,2200.71.6×$39k
Washington1,1900.30.8×$47k
Missouri1,0600.40.8×$41k
Louisiana1,0300.51.2×$33k
Indiana9900.30.7×$37k
Oregon8500.41.0×$45k
Utah8500.51.1×$43k
Arizona8200.30.6×$39k
Maryland7700.30.6×$39k
Kentucky7500.40.8×$36k
Alabama7200.30.8×$35k
Connecticut6500.40.9×$39k
Colorado6400.20.5×$45k
Mississippi5900.51.1×$36k
Iowa5800.40.8×$38k
Kansas5800.40.9×$38k
Nevada5300.30.8×$47k
Nebraska4700.51.0×$35k
Minnesota4400.10.3×$45k
Idaho4100.51.1×$36k
New Mexico4000.51.0×$39k
Arkansas3000.20.5×$37k
Hawaii2700.41.0×$39k
West Virginia2400.30.8×$35k
New Hampshire1900.30.6×$41k
Delaware1700.40.8×$39k
Alaska1600.51.1×$42k
Rhode Island1600.30.7×$37k
Washington DC1200.20.4×$45k
South Dakota800.20.4×$32k
Wyoming700.20.6×$32k
Montana600.10.3×$40k
Vermont500.20.4×$46k
Maine400.10.1×$42k
North Dakota400.10.2×$38k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ6,690 jobs · $41k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,030 jobs · $44k median
  3. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR2,290 jobs · $24k median
  4. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,770 jobs · $38k median
  5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,530 jobs · $40k median
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,400 jobs · $42k median
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,380 jobs · $40k median
  8. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN1,360 jobs · $43k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.