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Couriers and Messengers pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Springfield, MO
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Couriers and Messengers is $55,680 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $41,410 per year in Springfield, MO. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 34.5% above Springfield, MO on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 390 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 190 in Springfield, MO. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings