United States Payroll Employment for the Couriers and messengers Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in March 2023, the number of US payroll employment for the couriers and messengers industry was 1,121,300 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 6,700 jobs to the couriers and messengers industry in March 2023.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 2023.

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US Payroll Employment for the Couriers and messengers Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Couriers and messengers Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Couriers and messengers Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 558100
February 2002 562200 4100
March 2002 560800 -1400
April 2002 561000 200
May 2002 560600 -400
June 2002 558500 -2100
July 2002 559500 1000
August 2002 560100 600
September 2002 563200 3100
October 2002 563500 300
November 2002 563900 400
December 2002 563800 -100
January 2003 565300 1500
February 2003 567800 2500
March 2003 568900 1100
April 2003 566200 -2700
May 2003 563600 -2600
June 2003 562600 -1000
July 2003 563000 400
August 2003 559800 -3200
September 2003 557200 -2600
October 2003 556900 -300
November 2003 555600 -1300
December 2003 542600 -13000
January 2004 558000 15400
February 2004 556900 -1100
March 2004 557700 800
April 2004 552800 -4900
May 2004 555700 2900
June 2004 560300 4600
July 2004 559100 -1200
August 2004 559900 800
September 2004 561800 1900
October 2004 560200 -1600
November 2004 560500 300
December 2004 562300 1800
January 2005 565400 3100
February 2005 567400 2000
March 2005 567700 300
April 2005 572100 4400
May 2005 574000 1900
June 2005 573300 -700
July 2005 571400 -1900
August 2005 576900 5500
September 2005 575900 -1000
October 2005 578000 2100
November 2005 579200 1200
December 2005 579700 500
January 2006 579200 -500
February 2006 577200 -2000
March 2006 576200 -1000
April 2006 577900 1700
May 2006 581500 3600
June 2006 579700 -1800
July 2006 581700 2000
August 2006 580300 -1400
September 2006 581300 1000
October 2006 585100 3800
November 2006 589400 4300
December 2006 590700 1300
January 2007 582400 -8300
February 2007 582600 200
March 2007 585800 3200
April 2007 583600 -2200
May 2007 584600 1000
June 2007 582500 -2100
July 2007 581200 -1300
August 2007 580200 -1000
September 2007 582900 2700
October 2007 578900 -4000
November 2007 579300 400
December 2007 580800 1500
January 2008 582500 1700
February 2008 583200 700
March 2008 581200 -2000
April 2008 581100 -100
May 2008 581000 -100
June 2008 580200 -800
July 2008 579900 -300
August 2008 576100 -3800
September 2008 572100 -4000
October 2008 565900 -6200
November 2008 555600 -10300
December 2008 552300 -3300
January 2009 567200 14900
February 2009 564900 -2300
March 2009 561300 -3600
April 2009 558300 -3000
May 2009 554000 -4300
June 2009 551600 -2400
July 2009 550300 -1300
August 2009 546400 -3900
September 2009 541600 -4800
October 2009 538800 -2800
November 2009 534100 -4700
December 2009 493400 -40700
January 2010 516700 23300
February 2010 523700 7000
March 2010 523300 -400
April 2010 524900 1600
May 2010 525400 500
June 2010 527200 1800
July 2010 527500 300
August 2010 527900 400
September 2010 531100 3200
October 2010 531300 200
November 2010 530000 -1300
December 2010 550900 20900
January 2011 518600 -32300
February 2011 530100 11500
March 2011 531200 1100
April 2011 532900 1700
May 2011 533300 400
June 2011 532900 -400
July 2011 533800 900
August 2011 534500 700
September 2011 535000 500
October 2011 534900 -100
November 2011 531700 -3200
December 2011 522400 -9300
January 2012 521000 -1400
February 2012 530500 9500
March 2012 532900 2400
April 2012 532300 -600
May 2012 534600 2300
June 2012 537200 2600
July 2012 537900 700
August 2012 539400 1500
September 2012 539600 200
October 2012 535100 -4500
November 2012 523300 -11800
December 2012 540600 17300
January 2013 542400 1800
February 2013 539400 -3000
March 2013 539100 -300
April 2013 538300 -800
May 2013 538900 600
June 2013 539100 200
July 2013 543600 4500
August 2013 547800 4200
September 2013 545400 -2400
October 2013 548300 2900
November 2013 551600 3300
December 2013 551200 -400
January 2014 570100 18900
February 2014 558000 -12100
March 2014 554100 -3900
April 2014 558600 4500
May 2014 565200 6600
June 2014 572600 7400
July 2014 576600 4000
August 2014 578900 2300
September 2014 583600 4700
October 2014 587200 3600
November 2014 591300 4100
December 2014 611500 20200
January 2015 604600 -6900
February 2015 604400 -200
March 2015 605500 1100
April 2015 600300 -5200
May 2015 601200 900
June 2015 607100 5900
July 2015 610100 3000
August 2015 611100 1000
September 2015 614200 3100
October 2015 613400 -800
November 2015 619800 6400
December 2015 643000 23200
January 2016 607600 -35400
February 2016 621300 13700
March 2016 629900 8600
April 2016 634400 4500
May 2016 638000 3600
June 2016 641600 3600
July 2016 645400 3800
August 2016 649400 4000
September 2016 652400 3000
October 2016 652300 -100
November 2016 657200 4900
December 2016 674400 17200
January 2017 660100 -14300
February 2017 664200 4100
March 2017 662700 -1500
April 2017 664700 2000
May 2017 673500 8800
June 2017 677600 4100
July 2017 678900 1300
August 2017 683600 4700
September 2017 687500 3900
October 2017 693300 5800
November 2017 693400 100
December 2017 700600 7200
January 2018 698900 -1700
February 2018 695200 -3700
March 2018 711900 16700
April 2018 722200 10300
May 2018 731100 8900
June 2018 737100 6000
July 2018 747400 10300
August 2018 758300 10900
September 2018 764500 6200
October 2018 776200 11700
November 2018 785200 9000
December 2018 757700 -27500
January 2019 811500 53800
February 2019 783700 -27800
March 2019 797900 14200
April 2019 801400 3500
May 2019 807800 6400
June 2019 818900 11100
July 2019 833500 14600
August 2019 847200 13700
September 2019 849200 2000
October 2019 857000 7800
November 2019 861500 4500
December 2019 864400 2900
January 2020 906400 42000
February 2020 865100 -41300
March 2020 878800 13700
April 2020 887200 8400
May 2020 931200 44000
June 2020 974400 43200
July 2020 980500 6100
August 2020 989600 9100
September 2020 1008600 19000
October 2020 1027400 18800
November 2020 1061500 34100
December 2020 1040400 -21100
January 2021 1058500 18100
February 2021 1082700 24200
March 2021 1102800 20100
April 2021 1058600 -44200
May 2021 1065200 6600
June 2021 1072300 7100
July 2021 1076100 3800
August 2021 1091500 15400
September 2021 1102500 11000
October 2021 1104600 2100
November 2021 1112800 8200
December 2021 1123800 11000
January 2022 1120300 -3500
February 2022 1132900 12600
March 2022 1131000 -1900
April 2022 1131700 700
May 2022 1136200 4500
June 2022 1136600 400
July 2022 1139600 3000
August 2022 1144700 5100
September 2022 1148200 3500
October 2022 1156100 7900
November 2022 1121000 -35100
December 2022 1109500 -11500
January 2023 1115100 5600
February 2023 1114600 -500
March 2023 1121300 6700