SOC 43-5021 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Couriers and Messengers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Couriers and Messengers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $23,760. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $31,750. Employment is 2,290.

Median annual wage

$23,760

10th percentile
$21,840
25th percentile
$22,390
Median
$23,760
75th percentile
$29,120
90th percentile
$31,750
Mean
$25,990

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Couriers and Messengers, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $31,750. The difference is $9,910, which is 41.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $22,390 to the 75th at $29,120, covers $6,730.

The mean annual wage is $25,990, which sits above the median of $23,760. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 39.4% lower than the national median of $39,200 for Couriers and Messengers.

It is 2.6% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $23,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Couriers and Messengers. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 210. That median is 8.1% lower than the median here.
  • Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $22,210 and employment of 100. That median is 6.5% lower than the median here.
  • Aguadilla, PR is 70 miles away, with a median of $21,930 and employment of 90. That median is 7.7% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Couriers and Messengers accounts for 0.33% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (2,290 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (68,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 7.51 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Couriers and Messengers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Couriers and Messengers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $23,760. The 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $31,750. Employment is 2,290.

How does that compare with the national median for Couriers and Messengers?

The local median is 39.4% lower than the national median of $39,200.

How does San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR compare with nearby metros for Couriers and Messengers?

Ponce, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 44 miles away, at $21,840. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 1st of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.