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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
43-5053 Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Examine, sort, and route mail. Load, operate, and occasionally adjust and repair mail processing, sorting, and canceling machinery. Keep records of shipments, pouches, and sacks, and perform other duties related to mail handling within the postal service. Includes postal service mail sorters and processors employed by USPS contractors. Excludes “Postal Service Clerks” (43-5051) and “Postal Service Mail Carriers” (43-5052).
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) |
| 102,390 |
0.0 % |
$24.61 |
$51,190 |
0.3 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$17.19 |
$18.77 |
$28.91 |
$29.21 |
$29.46 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$35,760 |
$39,030 |
$60,140 |
$60,750 |
$61,270 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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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 |
12,210 |
0.70 |
1.01 |
$24.85 |
$51,680 |
| New York |
8,730 |
0.92 |
1.31 |
$24.79 |
$51,550 |
| Texas |
6,290 |
0.51 |
0.73 |
$25.21 |
$52,440 |
| Florida |
5,950 |
0.68 |
0.97 |
$24.68 |
$51,330 |
| Illinois |
5,510 |
0.91 |
1.31 |
$24.65 |
$51,270 |
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) |
| Rhode Island |
610 |
1.27 |
1.82 |
$24.19 |
$50,320 |
| New Jersey |
4,730 |
1.16 |
1.66 |
$25.27 |
$52,560 |
| New Hampshire |
650 |
0.99 |
1.42 |
$24.11 |
$50,150 |
| New York |
8,730 |
0.92 |
1.31 |
$24.79 |
$51,550 |
| Missouri |
2,590 |
0.92 |
1.32 |
$24.49 |
$50,950 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
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 |
10,530 |
1.09 |
1.56 |
$25.12 |
$52,250 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
5,390 |
0.86 |
1.24 |
$24.68 |
$51,330 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
4,980 |
1.06 |
1.53 |
$24.67 |
$51,310 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2,830 |
0.77 |
1.11 |
$26.13 |
$54,350 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2,600 |
0.82 |
1.17 |
$25.61 |
$53,260 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,550 |
0.89 |
1.27 |
$26.09 |
$54,270 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2,540 |
1.03 |
1.47 |
$25.66 |
$53,370 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,220 |
0.81 |
1.16 |
$24.91 |
$51,820 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
2,190 |
1.10 |
1.58 |
$25.21 |
$52,440 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
2,010 |
0.72 |
1.03 |
$24.67 |
$51,320 |
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) |
| Charleston, WV |
400 |
3.66 |
5.25 |
$22.17 |
$46,120 |
| Springfield, MA-CT |
1,000 |
3.00 |
4.31 |
$24.59 |
$51,160 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC |
930 |
2.53 |
3.63 |
$24.52 |
$51,000 |
| Manchester, NH |
290 |
2.50 |
3.58 |
$24.57 |
$51,110 |
| Trenton, NJ |
570 |
2.35 |
3.37 |
$25.90 |
$53,880 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
870 |
2.35 |
3.37 |
$24.76 |
$51,500 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
760 |
2.31 |
3.31 |
$23.33 |
$48,530 |
| Fayetteville, NC |
270 |
2.07 |
2.97 |
$23.40 |
$48,670 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL |
210 |
2.05 |
2.94 |
$23.96 |
$49,840 |
| Rocky Mount, NC |
110 |
1.95 |
2.80 |
$25.33 |
$52,690 |
United States Department of Labor
