Couriers & messengers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
1.25M
2023
Average Employee Age
37.8
2023
Estimated Job Growth
11.1%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$46,311
2023
Average Male Salary
$50,333
2023
Average Female Salary
$34,815
2023

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 44 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $60,339. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,317.

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

The workforce of Couriers & messengers Industry Group in 2023 was 1,247,487 people, with 25.9% woman, and 74.1% men.

In 2023, 51.9% of the workforce in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group was White (647,881 people), of which 25.2% were women and 74.8% men.

Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Couriers & messengers Industry Group was 1,247,487 people and is concentrated in California (163,427 workers). The average annual salary was $46,311, being $21,416 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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−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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (163k), Texas (111k), and Florida (76.3k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Couriers & messengers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $46,311, $21,416 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.474
WAGE GINI

Couriers & messengers has a wage GINI of 0.474, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Couriers & messengers (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

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

Couriers & messengers are the most common position with 401,071 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 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were couriers & messengers (401,071 people), driver/sales workers & truck drivers (272,282 people), and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (204,487 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$50,333
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,432
$34,815
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,927

On average, Male workers in the Couriers & messengers Industry Group make 1.45 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.

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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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Couriers & messengers is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Transportation and warehousing
  2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
  3. 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Couriers & messengers is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Transportation and warehousing
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Wholesale trade

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.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. California
    2,276
  2. Florida
    1,336
  3. 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.

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Diversity

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

Of the total workforce, 25.9% corresponds to women and 74.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $50,333 and $34,815.

80.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

323,310
Women
25.9%
924,177
Men
74.1%

The workforce of Couriers & messengers industry in 2023 was 1,247,487 people, with 25.9% woman, and 74.1% men.

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

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Races

In 2023, 51.9% of the workforce in the Couriers & messengers industry was White (647,881 people), of which 25.2% were women and 74.8% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Couriers & messengers workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (441,632 people), some college (384,001 people), and bachelors degree (176,729 people).

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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 11.1% in the next ten years. The Couriers and Messengers industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 11.1%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (21.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (21.9%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Couriers and Messengers.
11.1%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
11.1%
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 11.1%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Couriers and Messengers.
21.9%
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10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Couriers and Messengers industry.

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