How to become a messenger, package deliverer or luggage porter
Official title: Messengers, package deliverers and luggage porters
Also called: Hotel porter, Luggage porter, Messenger, Leaflet deliverer, Newspaper deliverer
Messengers, package deliverers and luggage porters carry and deliver messages, packages and other items on foot, within an establishment or between establishments, to households and elsewhere, or carry luggage, especially at hotels, stations and airports.
Main tasks
- Delivering messages, packages and other items within an establishment or between establishments or elsewhere
- Delivering various goods to and from enterprises, shops, households and other places
- Carrying and delivering luggage at hotels, stations, airports, and elsewhere
- Receiving and marking baggage by completing and attaching claim checks
- Planning and following the most efficient route
- Sorting items to be delivered according to the delivery route
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$14,400 a month
- About 337,600 people in 2025, and about 334,700 projected by 2028. (-0.8%)
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Do you need a degree to become a messenger, package deliverer or luggage porter?
Usually not. Only 5% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of a messenger, package deliverer or luggage porter?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (Annual Earnings and Hours Survey): Monthly and hourly wage percentiles by occupational group (5 groups) (Tables 220-23014, 220-23024, 220-23003) (2025 (May to June 2025), released 2026-03-23), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026