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Supply Chain & Transportation
- Annual Median Wage$ 38,260$29,680
$48,520
Annual NC Wage Range
Growth Rate
Very Fast Growing
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Couriers and Messengers pick up and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or directly to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance.
What do they typically do
- Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods
- Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials
- Check with home offices after completing deliveries to confirm deliveries and collections and to get instructions for other deliveries
- Use telephone, two-way radio, or face-to-face contact to get messages or materials to deliver and to find out information like recipients names and addresses
- Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route
- Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes
- Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages between establishment departments and to other establishments and private homes
- Load vehicles with listed goods, making sure to load goods correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods
Number of Jobs
Average AnnualJob Growth +1.0%Job Opening 1,453Education & Training
- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsMoreLicenseMore
NC Workforce CredentialsPrivate Training Programs1257313823Change 1250