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Couriers and Messengers Salary in Seattle, WA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Couriers and Messengers in Seattle, WA have a median annual salary of $48,510, with 660 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $40,630 at the 10th percentile to $59,930 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

$48,510

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$23.32

Employment

660

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$40,630
10th
$44,740
25th
$48,510
Median
$53,160
75th
$59,930
90th

Local compared with national

Seattle, WA

$48,510

Median annual · 2025

United States

$39,200

Median annual · 2025

The Seattle, WA median is 23.8% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $9,310).

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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