Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators Salary in the US
A postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators earns a national median of $58,470 a year (mean $59,430) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #451 of 825.
How much does a postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators earn in the US?
A postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in the United States earns a median of $58,470 a year (mean $59,430), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 15% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 105,200 people work in this occupation (SOC 43-5053), ranked #451 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$58,470
per year
Mean
$59,430
per year
Employment
105,200
US workers
National rank
#451
of 825 by median
What a postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators (SOC 43-5053) earns a median annual wage of $58,470 and a mean (average) of $59,430. The median is the midpoint — half of postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators earn more and half earn less — and is 15% 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 sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators is $58,470, and the mean (average) is $59,430. The median is the midpoint — half of postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators earn more and half earn less.
- How does postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators pay compare to the US average?
- At $58,470, a postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators earns 15% 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 sorters, processors, and processing machine operators are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 105,200 postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators employed nationally (SOC 43-5053), across all industries.
- Where does this postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 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 43-5053. 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 43-5053 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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