Salary for Postal Service Mail Carriers

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Also known as:  City Letter Carrier, Letter Carrier, Mail Deliverer, Parcel Post Carrier, Postal Mail Carrier, Rural Mail Carrier, Rural Route Carrier, USPS Letter Carrier

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Postal Service Mail Carriers are responsible for picking up sorted mail and delivering it to the appropriate address. Carriers are given a specific location in which mail is delivered, known as their route. A high school diploma is needed to work as a carrier, with additional on-the-job testing and training required. The in-demand position often has long waiting periods for approval, sometimes as long as 2 years.

A Postal Service Mail Carrier will normally get an average wage ranging between $38,060 - $66,900 depending on the level of seniority. can earn an average compensation of fifty-three thousand one hundred and eigthy dollars on a yearly basis.

have the best average pay in California, where they can earn average pay scales of just about $54,690. Employees who work in this job make the greatest compensation in Transportation and Warehousing, where they receive average wages of $53,180.

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SALARY TREND

The annual compensation for this career has gone up since 2004. Salaries have increased by an average of 22.62 percent nationwide in that time.

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Postal Service Mail Carriers tend to make the most in the following industries:

Transportation and Warehousing
$53,180

In general, they earn less within the industries below:

Transportation and Warehousing
$53,180
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