Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2016

11-9131 Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

Plan, direct, or coordinate operational, administrative, management, and supportive services of a U.S. post office; or coordinate activities of workers engaged in postal and related work in assigned post office.

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National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
14,720	0.0 %	$34.61	$71,980	0.1 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$27.01	$30.41	$34.45	$39.35	$43.23
Annual Wage (2)	$56,190	$63,250	$71,670	$81,840	$89,930

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Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Postal Service	14,720	2.33	$34.61	$71,980

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Postal Service	14,720	2.33	$34.61	$71,980

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Postal Service	14,720	2.33	$34.61	$71,980

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Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	880	0.10	0.93	$35.45	$73,730
Texas	840	0.07	0.68	$35.55	$73,940
Pennsylvania	820	0.14	1.37	$34.37	$71,480
California	800	0.05	0.48	$36.77	$76,490
Illinois	550	0.09	0.88	$34.53	$71,830

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska	170	0.52	4.98	$23.13	$48,110
Vermont	130	0.42	3.98	$31.72	$65,970
Montana	180	0.40	3.80	$28.01	$58,260
Maine	210	0.35	3.38	$32.62	$67,840
Wyoming	90	0.32	3.08	$27.64	$57,490

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Florida	360	0.04	0.41	$38.64	$80,370
Rhode Island	40	0.08	0.80	$37.58	$78,170
New Jersey	430	0.11	1.03	$37.54	$78,090
Mississippi	190	0.17	1.61	$37.04	$77,050
Delaware	40	0.09	0.82	$36.99	$76,950

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division	290	0.04	0.43	$38.18	$79,410
Pittsburgh, PA	150	0.13	1.29	$35.11	$73,040
Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division	150	0.12	1.11	$38.46	$80,000
Newark, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division	130	0.11	1.10	$37.19	$77,360
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division	130	0.03	0.33	$38.43	$79,940
Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metropolitan Division	120	0.12	1.14	$35.10	$73,010
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	120	0.05	0.44	$37.83	$78,680
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	110	0.06	0.55	$36.31	$75,530
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division	110	0.04	0.41	$35.93	$74,730
St. Louis, MO-IL	100	0.07	0.70	$35.95	$74,770

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Barnstable Town, MA	50	0.45	4.31	$35.75	$74,370
Utica-Rome, NY	30	0.26	2.47	$35.38	$73,580
Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metropolitan Division	30	0.24	2.33	$36.66	$76,260
Worcester, MA-CT	60	0.21	1.99	$34.21	$71,160
Salisbury, MD-DE	30	0.20	1.91	$35.25	$73,320
Portland-South Portland, ME	40	0.18	1.75	$34.54	$71,830
Lancaster, PA	40	0.16	1.55	$34.77	$72,330
Springfield, MA-CT	50	0.15	1.41	$33.89	$70,480
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	30	0.15	1.45	$34.33	$71,400
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	30	0.15	1.39	$33.44	$69,560