Couriers and Messengers Salary in Madison, WI

Couriers and Messengers pay range in Madison

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $34,720 a year or less, while the top 10% make $47,740 or more. The middle half of couriers and messengers in Madison earn between $36,060 and $44,360.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Couriers and Messengers salary after taxes in Madison

On the average salary of $40,680, a single filer in Madison takes home about $33,749 a year, or $2,812 a month and $1,298 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Madison a good place for couriers and messengers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Madison area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.3), so the average $40,680 buys what about $41,814 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Madison ($58,080). A typical home costs $452,769, or 11.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Couriers and Messengers salary in other Wisconsin cities

Madison ranks 1st of 8 Wisconsin metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($55,350).

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• Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,990 a year
• Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$62,590 a year
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$61,510 a year
• Public Safety Telecommunicators$60,430 a year
• Postal Service Clerks$60,020 a year
• Cargo and Freight Agents$55,230 a year
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$53,270 a year
• Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$50,980 a year

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