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The Postal, Freight & Courier Services sector groups (1) The Postal Service, (2) Couriers and Messengers, and (3) Freight Arrangement.
The Postal Service industry includes the activities of the National Post Office and its subcontractors in delivering letters and small parcels, normally without pick-up at the sender's location. These articles can be described as those that can be handled by one person without using special equipment. This allows the collection, pick-up, and delivery operations to be done with limited labor costs and minimal equipment. Sorting and transportation activities, where necessary, are generally mechanized. The restriction to small parcels distinguishes these establishments from those in the transportation industries.
Couriers and Messengers provide intercity and/or local delivery of parcels. These articles can be described as those that may be handled by one person without using special equipment. This allows the collection, pick-up, and delivery operations to be done with limited labor costs and minimal equipment. Sorting and transportation activities, where necessary, are generally mechanized. The restriction to small parcels partly distinguishes these establishments from those in the transportation industries. The complete network of courier services establishments also distinguishes these transportation services from local messenger and delivery establishments in this subsector. This includes the establishments that perform intercity transportation as well as establishments that, under contract to them, perform local pick-up and delivery. Messengers, which usually deliver within a metropolitan or single urban area, may use bicycle, foot, small truck, or van.
The Freight Arrangement industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in arranging transportation of freight between shippers and carriers. These establishments are usually known as freight forwarders, marine shipping agents, or customs brokers and offer a combination of services spanning transportation modes. |
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| Postal, Freight & Courier Services |
Postal Service Mail Carriers
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342,410 |
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
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216,710 |
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
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103,830 |
Postal Service Clerks
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78,830 |
Cargo and Freight Agents
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56,600 |
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
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55,720 |
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
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29,610 |
Customer Service Representatives
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23,430 |
Couriers and Messengers
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22,260 |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
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20,950 |
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