Couriers & messengers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.34M

2024

Average Employee Age

37.8

2024

Estimated Job Growth

5.38%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$46,225

2024

Average Male Salary

$50,399

2024

Average Female Salary

$34,635

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group are couriers & messengers, driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group work 43.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $60,473. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,404.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group are Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN, Shelby County (Southeast)--Collierville town & Germantown city PUMA, TN, and Memphis City (Central Riverside) PUMA, TN.

The workforce of Couriers & messengers Industry Group in 2024 was 1,337,394 people, with 26.5% woman, and 73.5% men.

In 2024, 49.5% of the workforce in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group was White (661,750 people), of which 26.2% were women and 73.8% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group.

The workforce in Couriers & messengers Industry Group was 1,337,394 people and is concentrated in California (174,422 workers). The average annual salary was $46,225, being $23,653 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−7.68%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 612k people employed in the Couriers and Messengers industry. This represents a −7.68% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Couriers and Messengers over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (174k), Texas (120k), and Florida (85.3k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Couriers & messengers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Couriers & messengers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $46,225, $23,653 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Couriers & messengers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.475

WAGE GINI

Couriers & messengers has a wage GINI of 0.475, which is more than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Couriers & messengers (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Couriers & messengers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group.

Couriers & messengers are the most common position with 431,113 workers, but the Couriers & messengers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

The highest average salary in Couriers & messengers goes to Aircraft pilots & flight engineers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were couriers & messengers (431,113 people), driver/sales workers & truck drivers (304,792 people), and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (218,622 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$50,399

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,389

$34,635

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,877

On average, Male workers in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group make 1.46 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Couriers & messengers Industry Group.

The Couriers & messengers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry.

California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Couriers & messengers is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Couriers & messengers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Couriers & messengers Industry Group is Transportation and warehousing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Couriers & messengers is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Transportation and warehousing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
Manufacturing

The Couriers & messengers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Couriers & messengers is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Transportation and warehousing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Couriers & messengers Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Couriers & messengers Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
2,276
Florida
1,336
Texas
1,245

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Couriers & messengers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Couriers & messengers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 26.5% corresponds to women and 73.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $50,399 and $34,635.

80% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

354,118

Women

26.5%

983,276

Men

73.5%

The workforce of Couriers & messengers industry in 2024 was 1,337,394 people, with 26.5% woman, and 73.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Couriers & messengers industry.

Races

In 2024, 49.5% of the workforce in the Couriers & messengers industry was White (661,750 people), of which 26.2% were women and 73.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Couriers & messengers workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (479,470 people), some college (403,677 people), and bachelors degree (187,386 people).

The chart shows the Couriers & messengers workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Couriers and Messengers industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 5.38% in the next ten years. The Couriers and Messengers industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 5.38%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (31.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (31.4%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Couriers and Messengers.

5.38%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

5.38%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Couriers and Messengers. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 5.38%, the average rate of national job growth.