Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary in the US
A postal service mail carriers earns a national median of $60,550 a year (mean $62,540) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #422 of 825.
How much does a postal service mail carriers earn in the US?
A postal service mail carriers in the United States earns a median of $60,550 a year (mean $62,540), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 19% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 328,820 people work in this occupation (SOC 43-5052), ranked #422 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$60,550
per year
Mean
$62,540
per year
Employment
328,820
US workers
National rank
#422
of 825 by median
What a postal service mail carriers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a postal service mail carriers (SOC 43-5052) earns a median annual wage of $60,550 and a mean (average) of $62,540. The median is the midpoint — half of postal service mail carriers earn more and half earn less — and is 19% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a postal service mail carriers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for postal service mail carriers is $60,550, and the mean (average) is $62,540. The median is the midpoint — half of postal service mail carriers earn more and half earn less.
- How does postal service mail carriers pay compare to the US average?
- At $60,550, a postal service mail carriers earns 19% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many postal service mail carriers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 328,820 postal service mail carriers employed nationally (SOC 43-5052), across all industries.
- Where does this postal service mail carriers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 43-5052. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 43-5052 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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