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Couriers and Messengers Salary in San Francisco, CA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Couriers and Messengers in San Francisco, CA have a median annual salary of $47,840, with 940 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $41,020 at the 10th percentile to $57,520 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

$47,840

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$23.00

Employment

940

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$41,020
10th
$44,680
25th
$47,840
Median
$50,560
75th
$57,520
90th

Local compared with national

San Francisco, CA

$47,840

Median annual · 2025

United States

$39,200

Median annual · 2025

The San Francisco, CA median is 22.0% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $8,640).

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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