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Couriers and Messengers Salary in NJ

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Couriers and Messengers in NJ have a median annual salary of $40,870, with 2,100 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $34,150 at the 10th percentile to $51,590 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$40,870

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$19.65

Employment

2,100

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$34,150
10th
$37,680
25th
$40,870
Median
$45,830
75th
$51,590
90th

Local compared with national

NJ

$40,870

Median annual · 2025

United States

$39,200

Median annual · 2025

The NJ median is 4.3% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $1,670).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 3.3
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 3.3
  3. 3.Time ManagementImportance 3.3
  4. 4.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.0
  5. 5.WritingImportance 3.0
  6. 6.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.0
  7. 7.Service OrientationImportance 3.0
  8. 8.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 2.9
  9. 9.MonitoringImportance 2.8
  10. 10.Social PerceptivenessImportance 2.8
  11. 11.CoordinationImportance 2.8
  12. 12.Active LearningImportance 2.6

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Route mapping software

Common tasks

  • Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  • Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
  • Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
  • Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
  • Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  • Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  • Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  • Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  • Check with home offices after completed deliveries to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  • Use telephone to deliver verbal messages.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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