Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary

Median Salary
$60,550
per year
Hourly Rate
$29.11
per hour
Employment
328,820
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$42,390
25th percentile
$48,940
Median
$60,550
75th percentile
$81,000
90th percentile
$81,040

💰 Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary by State

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$57K
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StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$64,250+6.1%
Rhode Island$63,610+5.1%
Arizona$62,390+3.0%
California$62,090+2.5%
Illinois$62,070+2.5%
Maryland$62,070+2.5%
Massachusetts$62,070+2.5%
Nevada$62,070+2.5%
New York$62,070+2.5%
Virginia$62,070+2.5%
Connecticut$61,130+1.0%
Florida$61,130+1.0%
New Jersey$61,130+1.0%
Ohio$61,130+1.0%
South Dakota$60,760+0.3%
Texas$60,550+0.0%
Minnesota$59,990-0.9%
New Hampshire$59,990-0.9%
North Carolina$59,990-0.9%
Washington$59,990-0.9%
Alaska$59,880-1.1%
Colorado$59,880-1.1%
Delaware$59,880-1.1%
Hawaii$59,880-1.1%
Indiana$59,880-1.1%
Iowa$59,880-1.1%
Michigan$59,880-1.1%
Missouri$59,880-1.1%
Nebraska$59,880-1.1%
New Mexico$59,880-1.1%
Oklahoma$59,880-1.1%
Pennsylvania$59,880-1.1%
Utah$59,880-1.1%
Wisconsin$59,880-1.1%
Wyoming$59,880-1.1%
Arkansas$59,700-1.4%
Oregon$59,400-1.9%
Maine$59,010-2.5%
Montana$59,010-2.5%
North Dakota$59,010-2.5%
Vermont$59,010-2.5%
Kentucky$58,910-2.7%
Louisiana$58,910-2.7%
Tennessee$58,570-3.3%
Kansas$58,540-3.3%
Idaho$57,820-4.5%
Alabama$57,700-4.7%
Georgia$57,700-4.7%
South Carolina$57,700-4.7%
West Virginia$57,700-4.7%
Mississippi$57,470-5.1%

🏙️ Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Lawrence, KS$70,530+16.5%
Bay City, MI$68,640+13.4%
Enid, OK$68,640+13.4%
Bozeman, MT$68,060+12.4%
Napa, CA$67,140+10.9%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$66,440+9.7%
Iowa City, IA$64,890+7.2%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$64,460+6.5%
Bloomington, IN$64,250+6.1%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$64,250+6.1%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$64,250+6.1%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$64,250+6.1%
Merced, CA$64,250+6.1%
Missoula, MT$64,250+6.1%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$64,250+6.1%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$64,250+6.1%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$64,250+6.1%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$64,250+6.1%
Salinas, CA$64,250+6.1%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$64,250+6.1%
Toledo, OH$64,250+6.1%
Tucson, AZ$64,250+6.1%
Victoria, TX$64,250+6.1%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$64,250+6.1%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$64,190+6.0%
Fargo, ND-MN$63,930+5.6%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$63,750+5.3%
Bismarck, ND$63,610+5.1%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$63,610+5.1%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$63,380+4.7%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$63,380+4.7%
Kingston, NY$63,380+4.7%
Lincoln, NE$63,380+4.7%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$63,380+4.7%
Winchester, VA-WV$63,380+4.7%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$63,170+4.3%
Jonesboro, AR$63,140+4.3%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$62,980+4.0%
Bloomington, IL$62,960+4.0%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$62,960+4.0%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$62,960+4.0%
El Paso, TX$62,590+3.4%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$62,590+3.4%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$62,520+3.3%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$62,390+3.0%
Albuquerque, NM$62,340+3.0%
Rapid City, SD$62,340+3.0%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$62,330+2.9%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$62,330+2.9%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$62,190+2.7%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$62,090+2.5%
Fayetteville, NC$62,090+2.5%
Joplin, MO-KS$62,090+2.5%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$62,090+2.5%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$62,090+2.5%
Modesto, CA$62,090+2.5%
Ogden, UT$62,090+2.5%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$62,090+2.5%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$62,080+2.5%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$62,080+2.5%
Pueblo, CO$62,080+2.5%
Yuba City, CA$62,080+2.5%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$62,070+2.5%
Asheville, NC$62,070+2.5%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$62,070+2.5%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$62,070+2.5%
Charleston, WV$62,070+2.5%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$62,070+2.5%
Columbia, MO$62,070+2.5%
Columbus, OH$62,070+2.5%
Corpus Christi, TX$62,070+2.5%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$62,070+2.5%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$62,070+2.5%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$62,070+2.5%
Dubuque, IA$62,070+2.5%
Evansville, IN$62,070+2.5%
Flint, MI$62,070+2.5%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$62,070+2.5%
Fort Wayne, IN$62,070+2.5%
Fresno, CA$62,070+2.5%
Grand Junction, CO$62,070+2.5%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$62,070+2.5%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$62,070+2.5%
Jefferson City, MO$62,070+2.5%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$62,070+2.5%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$62,070+2.5%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$62,070+2.5%
Lubbock, TX$62,070+2.5%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$62,070+2.5%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$62,070+2.5%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$62,070+2.5%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$62,070+2.5%
Omaha, NE-IA$62,070+2.5%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$62,070+2.5%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$62,070+2.5%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$62,070+2.5%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$62,070+2.5%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$62,070+2.5%
Rochester, NY$62,070+2.5%
St. Louis, MO-IL$62,070+2.5%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$62,070+2.5%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$62,070+2.5%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$62,070+2.5%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$62,070+2.5%
Syracuse, NY$62,070+2.5%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$62,070+2.5%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$62,070+2.5%
Tulsa, OK$62,070+2.5%
Winston-Salem, NC$62,070+2.5%
Worcester, MA$62,070+2.5%
Glens Falls, NY$61,780+2.0%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$61,610+1.8%
Ithaca, NY$61,540+1.6%
Springfield, OH$61,530+1.6%
Erie, PA$61,480+1.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$61,480+1.5%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$61,480+1.5%
Oklahoma City, OK$61,410+1.4%
Springfield, MA$61,370+1.4%
Cheyenne, WY$61,310+1.3%
Roanoke, VA$61,240+1.1%
Rochester, MN$61,240+1.1%
St. Cloud, MN$61,170+1.0%
Boulder, CO$61,130+1.0%
Canton-Massillon, OH$61,130+1.0%
Carson City, NV$61,130+1.0%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$61,130+1.0%
Eau Claire, WI$61,130+1.0%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$61,130+1.0%
Richmond, VA$61,130+1.0%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$61,130+1.0%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$61,130+1.0%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$61,130+1.0%
Urban Honolulu, HI$61,130+1.0%
Mansfield, OH$61,070+0.9%
Amarillo, TX$61,010+0.8%
Burlington, NC$61,010+0.8%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$61,010+0.8%
Jacksonville, FL$61,010+0.8%
Kansas City, MO-KS$61,010+0.8%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$61,010+0.8%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$60,880+0.5%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$60,880+0.5%
Ames, IA$60,840+0.5%
Kenosha, WI$60,840+0.5%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$60,840+0.5%
Minot, ND$60,790+0.4%
Green Bay, WI$60,780+0.4%
Madison, WI$60,760+0.3%
Reno, NV$60,760+0.3%
Appleton, WI$60,550+0.0%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$60,550+0.0%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$60,550+0.0%
Charlottesville, VA$60,550+0.0%
Columbus, IN$60,550+0.0%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$60,550+0.0%
Gainesville, FL$60,550+0.0%
Gainesville, GA$60,550+0.0%
Harrisonburg, VA$60,550+0.0%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$60,550+0.0%
Santa Fe, NM$60,550+0.0%
Sherman-Denison, TX$60,550+0.0%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$60,550+0.0%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$60,440-0.2%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$60,270-0.5%
Cedar Rapids, IA$60,270-0.5%
Terre Haute, IN$60,270-0.5%
Cleveland, OH$60,260-0.5%
Boise City, ID$59,990-0.9%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$59,990-0.9%
Midland, MI$59,990-0.9%
Monroe, MI$59,990-0.9%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$59,990-0.9%
Port St. Lucie, FL$59,990-0.9%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$59,990-0.9%
Tallahassee, FL$59,990-0.9%
Akron, OH$59,880-1.1%
Albany, OR$59,880-1.1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$59,880-1.1%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$59,880-1.1%
Anchorage, AK$59,880-1.1%
Binghamton, NY$59,880-1.1%
Birmingham, AL$59,880-1.1%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$59,880-1.1%
Casper, WY$59,880-1.1%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$59,880-1.1%
Colorado Springs, CO$59,880-1.1%
Decatur, IL$59,880-1.1%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$59,880-1.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$59,880-1.1%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$59,880-1.1%
Idaho Falls, ID$59,880-1.1%
Kokomo, IN$59,880-1.1%
Lancaster, PA$59,880-1.1%
Longview-Kelso, WA$59,880-1.1%
Midland, TX$59,880-1.1%
Muncie, IN$59,880-1.1%
Owensboro, KY$59,880-1.1%
Paducah, KY-IL$59,880-1.1%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$59,880-1.1%
Peoria, IL$59,880-1.1%
Pittsburgh, PA$59,880-1.1%
Portland-South Portland, ME$59,880-1.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$59,880-1.1%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$59,880-1.1%
Saginaw, MI$59,880-1.1%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$59,880-1.1%
Salem, OR$59,880-1.1%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$59,880-1.1%
Savannah, GA$59,880-1.1%
Springfield, IL$59,880-1.1%
Utica-Rome, NY$59,880-1.1%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$59,880-1.1%
Wausau, WI$59,880-1.1%
Wichita, KS$59,880-1.1%
Lynchburg, VA$59,700-1.4%
Duluth, MN-WI$59,640-1.5%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$59,640-1.5%
Battle Creek, MI$59,510-1.7%
Pocatello, ID$59,450-1.8%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$59,400-1.9%
Gettysburg, PA$59,400-1.9%
Greenville, NC$59,400-1.9%
Hot Springs, AR$59,400-1.9%
Reading, PA$59,400-1.9%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$59,400-1.9%
Chambersburg, PA$59,170-2.3%
Wheeling, WV-OH$59,160-2.3%
Baton Rouge, LA$59,010-2.5%
Decatur, AL$59,010-2.5%
Dothan, AL$59,010-2.5%
Hammond, LA$59,010-2.5%
Jackson, MS$59,010-2.5%
Jackson, TN$59,010-2.5%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$59,010-2.5%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$59,010-2.5%
Medford, OR$59,010-2.5%
Rockford, IL$59,010-2.5%
Spartanburg, SC$59,010-2.5%
Tyler, TX$59,010-2.5%
Vallejo, CA$59,010-2.5%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$58,960-2.6%
Corvallis, OR$58,910-2.7%
Knoxville, TN$58,910-2.7%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$58,910-2.7%
Pittsfield, MA$58,910-2.7%
Salisbury, MD$58,910-2.7%
Sandusky, OH$58,910-2.7%
Walla Walla, WA$58,910-2.7%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$58,910-2.7%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$58,710-3.0%
Johnson City, TN$58,710-3.0%
Springfield, MO$58,710-3.0%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$58,710-3.0%
Tuscaloosa, AL$58,690-3.1%
York-Hanover, PA$58,570-3.3%
Greeley, CO$58,510-3.4%
Killeen-Temple, TX$58,510-3.4%
Lake Charles, LA$58,510-3.4%
Traverse City, MI$58,510-3.4%
Vineland, NJ$58,510-3.4%
Bend, OR$58,420-3.5%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$58,410-3.5%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$58,360-3.6%
Great Falls, MT$58,300-3.7%
Morgantown, WV$58,270-3.8%
Lexington Park, MD$58,240-3.8%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$58,170-3.9%
Williamsport, PA$58,100-4.0%
Abilene, TX$57,970-4.3%
Chico, CA$57,910-4.4%
Elizabethtown, KY$57,910-4.4%
Barnstable Town, MA$57,820-4.5%
Billings, MT$57,820-4.5%
Laredo, TX$57,820-4.5%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$57,820-4.5%
Topeka, KS$57,820-4.5%
State College, PA$57,760-4.6%
Puerto Rico$57,700-4.7%
Altoona, PA$57,700-4.7%
Ann Arbor, MI$57,700-4.7%
Bangor, ME$57,700-4.7%
Clarksville, TN-KY$57,700-4.7%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$57,700-4.7%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$57,700-4.7%
Fairbanks-College, AK$57,700-4.7%
Farmington, NM$57,700-4.7%
Fond du Lac, WI$57,700-4.7%
Grants Pass, OR$57,700-4.7%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$57,700-4.7%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$57,700-4.7%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$57,700-4.7%
Helena, MT$57,700-4.7%
Jackson, MI$57,700-4.7%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$57,700-4.7%
Johnstown, PA$57,700-4.7%
Lafayette, LA$57,700-4.7%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$57,700-4.7%
Lebanon, PA$57,700-4.7%
Lima, OH$57,700-4.7%
Longview, TX$57,700-4.7%
Manhattan, KS$57,700-4.7%
Mankato, MN$57,700-4.7%
Mobile, AL$57,700-4.7%
Monroe, LA$57,700-4.7%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$57,700-4.7%
Punta Gorda, FL$57,700-4.7%
Redding, CA$57,700-4.7%
Rome, GA$57,700-4.7%
Sheboygan, WI$57,700-4.7%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$57,700-4.7%
Wichita Falls, TX$57,700-4.7%
Wilmington, NC$57,700-4.7%
Dover, DE$57,580-4.9%
Bellingham, WA$57,470-5.1%
Elmira, NY$57,470-5.1%
Flagstaff, AZ$57,470-5.1%
Florence, SC$57,470-5.1%
Goldsboro, NC$57,470-5.1%
Huntsville, AL$57,470-5.1%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$57,470-5.1%
Morristown, TN$57,470-5.1%
Yakima, WA$57,470-5.1%
Niles, MI$57,280-5.4%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$57,250-5.5%
Beckley, WV$57,180-5.6%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$57,060-5.8%
Hattiesburg, MS$57,060-5.8%
Kankakee, IL$57,030-5.8%
Visalia, CA$57,030-5.8%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$56,750-6.3%
Alexandria, LA$56,660-6.4%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$56,660-6.4%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$56,660-6.4%
Jacksonville, NC$56,660-6.4%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$56,660-6.4%
Odessa, TX$56,660-6.4%
San Angelo, TX$56,660-6.4%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$56,300-7.0%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$56,300-7.0%
Waco, TX$56,300-7.0%
Guam$56,080-7.4%
Albany, GA$55,930-7.6%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$55,930-7.6%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$55,930-7.6%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$55,930-7.6%
Bowling Green, KY$55,930-7.6%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$55,930-7.6%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$55,930-7.6%
El Centro, CA$55,930-7.6%
Gadsden, AL$55,930-7.6%
Las Cruces, NM$55,930-7.6%
Montgomery, AL$55,930-7.6%
Ocala, FL$55,930-7.6%
Texarkana, TX-AR$55,930-7.6%
Twin Falls, ID$55,930-7.6%
Valdosta, GA$55,930-7.6%
Warner Robins, GA$55,930-7.6%
Logan, UT-ID$55,710-8.0%
Rocky Mount, NC$55,710-8.0%
Columbia, SC$55,610-8.2%
Virgin Islands$55,490-8.4%
Cleveland, TN$55,490-8.4%
College Station-Bryan, TX$55,490-8.4%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$55,490-8.4%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$55,490-8.4%
Grand Island, NE$55,490-8.4%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$55,490-8.4%
Lawton, OK$55,490-8.4%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$55,490-8.4%
Sebring, FL$55,490-8.4%
Yuma, AZ$55,490-8.4%
Dalton, GA$55,450-8.4%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$55,020-9.1%
Lewiston, ID-WA$54,960-9.2%
St. George, UT$54,960-9.2%
Columbus, GA-AL$54,430-10.1%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$54,430-10.1%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$54,060-10.7%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$53,310-12.0%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$53,310-12.0%
Sumter, SC$52,520-13.3%
Homosassa Springs, FL$52,340-13.6%
Hinesville, GA$52,180-13.8%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.