Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

43-5051 Postal Service Clerks

Perform any combination of tasks in a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office, such as receive letters and parcels; sell postage and revenue stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes; fill out and sell money orders; place mail in pigeon holes of mail rack or in bags; and examine mail for correct postage. Includes postal service clerks employed by USPS contractors.

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)
81,170	0.0 %	$24.33	$50,610	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$17.20	$20.75	$23.23	$29.21	$29.80
Annual Wage (2)	$35,770	$43,170	$48,330	$60,750	$61,980

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 (federal government)	81,170	12.85	$24.33	$50,610

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 (federal government)	81,170	12.85	$24.33	$50,610

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Postal Service (federal government)	81,170	12.85	$24.33	$50,610

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)
California	7,400	0.43	0.77	$25.58	$53,220
New York	6,100	0.64	1.16	$24.47	$50,910
Texas	5,120	0.41	0.74	$24.47	$50,890
Florida	3,840	0.44	0.79	$24.82	$51,630
Pennsylvania	3,830	0.65	1.17	$24.16	$50,260

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)
Vermont	460	1.49	2.69	$23.00	$47,850
West Virginia	950	1.35	2.45	$22.55	$46,910
Alaska	410	1.30	2.35	$20.65	$42,950
Maine	740	1.22	2.20	$22.78	$47,390
Montana	510	1.09	1.97	$22.38	$46,550

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Hawaii	420	0.66	1.19	$26.33	$54,780
District of Columbia	140	0.19	0.35	$25.94	$53,950
Arizona	1,050	0.37	0.66	$25.74	$53,550
California	7,400	0.43	0.77	$25.58	$53,220
New Jersey	2,710	0.66	1.20	$25.50	$53,040

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-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	5,710	0.59	1.07	$25.33	$52,680
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	2,390	0.38	0.69	$26.54	$55,200
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	1,700	0.36	0.66	$25.44	$52,910
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	1,560	0.54	0.98	$25.49	$53,030
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	1,510	0.54	0.98	$24.73	$51,440
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	1,400	0.44	0.80	$25.41	$52,840
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	1,280	0.35	0.63	$25.20	$52,410
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	1,120	0.56	1.02	$26.58	$55,280
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	1,010	0.37	0.67	$26.28	$54,660
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	1,000	0.41	0.73	$25.15	$52,310