Highest-paying Cities for Couriers and Messengers

The top 100 highest paying cities for couriers and messengers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of couriers and messengers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $47,520, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for couriers and messengers. It is followed by North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California (average annual salary $46,270). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of couriers and messengers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Couriers and Messengers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$47,520	$41,250	1,010
2	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$46,270	$36,570	80
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,860	$38,040	2,450
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,840	$35,080	100
5	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$45,700	$32,260	40
6	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$45,200	$33,380	40
7	Napa, California	$42,570	$36,910	50
8	Bloomington, Indiana	$41,690	$25,760	50
9	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$41,170	$25,790	870
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$40,340	$32,490	650
11	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$40,140	$32,930	8,810
12	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,990	$31,770	1,290
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$39,890	$33,710	600
14	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$39,890	$33,970	80
15	Springfield, Massachusetts	$39,800	$29,890	210
16	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$39,720	$31,580	130
17	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$39,260	$32,590	50
18	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$38,970	$33,590	380
19	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$38,950	$33,710	500
20	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$38,910	$31,930	680
21	Modesto, California	$38,890	$34,340	80
22	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$38,670	$23,900	120
23	Stockton, California	$38,500	$31,680	140
24	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$38,440	$31,590	n/a
25	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$38,420	$32,210	350
26	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$38,340	$31,010	1,040
27	Grand Island, Nebraska	$38,340	$27,680	30
28	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$38,330	$29,710	30
29	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$38,320	$33,740	40
30	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$38,240	$35,000	30
31	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,010	$30,050	790
32	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$38,000	$31,840	150
33	Danbury, Connecticut	$37,770	$28,720	50
34	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$37,770	$31,230	100
35	Hammond, Louisiana	$37,710	$25,230	120
36	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$37,610	$31,780	270
37	Redding, California	$37,580	$31,880	50
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,570	$31,920	3,430
39	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$37,550	$28,100	80
40	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$37,500	$34,580	60
41	New Haven, Connecticut	$37,450	$33,720	220
42	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$37,450	$32,340	40
43	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$37,440	$30,810	150
44	Chico, California	$37,440	$32,570	60
45	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$37,410	$29,430	260
46	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$37,410	$32,850	50
47	Ithaca, New York	$37,410	$29,690	40
48	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$37,260	$27,510	980
49	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,190	$28,720	40
50	Fresno, California	$37,150	$30,570	120
51	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$37,080	$30,650	110
52	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$37,060	$33,940	850
53	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,010	$29,640	70
54	Bellingham, Washington	$36,880	$32,350	30
55	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$36,870	$28,890	40
56	Salinas, California	$36,760	$31,200	40
57	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$36,750	$28,620	190
58	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$36,690	$27,660	120
59	Salt Lake City, Utah	$36,640	$31,920	280
60	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$36,570	$29,030	110
61	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$36,570	$27,460	50
62	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$36,550	$26,620	820
63	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$36,530	$24,740	40
64	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,460	$27,700	1,220
65	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,310	$30,070	50
66	Iowa City, Iowa	$36,310	$29,870	40
67	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$36,280	$26,870	610
68	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,280	$25,090	40
69	Flint, Michigan	$36,190	$30,480	60
70	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$36,190	$23,910	50
71	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$36,080	$31,310	60
72	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$36,060	$29,610	70
73	St Louis, Missouri	$35,980	$27,040	310
74	Anchorage, Alaska	$35,980	$23,140	80
75	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$35,950	$28,200	540
76	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$35,820	$25,870	220
77	Tacoma, Washington	$35,790	$25,320	70
78	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$35,790	$30,790	670
79	Medford, Oregon	$35,760	$28,980	60
80	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$35,760	$29,560	280
81	Manchester, New Hampshire	$35,720	$26,490	30
82	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$35,650	$20,020	40
83	Grand Junction, Colorado	$35,630	$27,000	40
84	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$35,600	$24,000	260
85	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$35,560	$31,320	940
86	Spokane, Washington	$35,550	$31,210	80
87	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$35,530	$31,200	220
88	Syracuse, New York	$35,460	$28,120	120
89	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,430	$28,080	n/a
90	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$35,320	$28,670	70
91	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$35,270	$26,540	310
92	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$35,260	$25,810	1,070
93	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$35,250	$29,090	820
94	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$35,240	$26,360	440
95	Grants Pass, Oregon	$35,230	$24,820	n/a
96	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$35,140	$29,280	80
97	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$35,000	$29,410	60
98	St Cloud, Minnesota	$34,990	$27,070	40
99	Alexandria, Louisiana	$34,940	$21,200	40
100	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$34,890	$27,710	1,220

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