Headline risk
6%
Low RiskCouriers and messengers
AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 8% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 38,340
Employment 2024
247.2K
Projected Change (2024–34)
8.2%
Openings (2024–34)
27.9K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Projections published, but no prose outlook available.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities. AI use: 0%
- 2. Receive messages or materials to be delivered, and information on recipients, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and delivery instructions, communicated via telephone, two-way radio, or in person. AI use: 0%
- 3. Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials. AI use: 0%
- 4. Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods. AI use: 92%
- 5. Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods. AI use: 0%
- 6. Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 39.0 · 949K employed
Under 25: 15% · 25–54: 68% · 55+: 17%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Data quality
Employment data available
Narrative & sources
Important context
This score measures structural AI displacement pressure, not actual job losses. Local wages and demand data are specific to United States AI Work Index; the underlying AI task overlap analysis is consistent across all countries.