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Average Salary for Postal Service Clerks

SOC 43-5051 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · 2024 data

The median annual wage for Postal Service Clerks in the United States is $61,630 ($29.63/hr), based on 2024 BLS OEWS data. Wages range from $42,600 at the 10th percentile to $74,050 at the 90th percentile nationally. An estimated 78,060 people work in this occupation across the country. The national median wage has grown 27.5% since 2019.

Median Annual

$61,630

Mean Annual

$61,070

10th Pct

$42,600

75th Pct

$74,050

Employment

78,060

Salary Distribution

$43k
10th
$55k
25th
$62k
Median
$74k
75th
$74k
90th

Highest Paying Metro Areas

Metro Area Median Annual
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $72,500
Rocky Mount, NC $69,760
St. Cloud, MN $68,680
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $68,120
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $67,830
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $67,830
Ann Arbor, MI $67,830
Florence, SC $67,320
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $67,200
Asheville, NC $66,810
College Station-Bryan, TX $66,810
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $66,810
Jackson, TN $66,810
Greensboro-High Point, NC $66,810
El Centro, CA $66,810

Salary by State

State Median Annual
District of Columbia $65,770
Virgin Islands $64,160
Hawaii $63,690
New Jersey $63,690
North Carolina $63,690
California $63,670
Tennessee $63,270
Michigan $63,270
Kentucky $62,670
South Carolina $62,670
Georgia $62,190
Louisiana $61,710
Texas $61,710
West Virginia $61,630
Maryland $61,630
Massachusetts $61,630
Puerto Rico $61,630
Indiana $61,630
Florida $61,630
Nevada $61,630
New York $61,630
Arizona $61,630
Ohio $61,630
Alabama $61,110
Minnesota $61,110
New Hampshire $61,110
Virginia $61,110
Illinois $61,110
Delaware $60,740
Oregon $60,590
Vermont $60,590
Pennsylvania $60,590
Washington $60,590
Wisconsin $60,590
Connecticut $60,590
Idaho $60,030
Maine $60,030
Rhode Island $60,030
New Mexico $60,030
Colorado $59,760
Mississippi $59,550
Utah $59,550
Missouri $59,250
Oklahoma $58,950
Iowa $58,950
Kansas $58,950
Wyoming $58,650
Arkansas $58,510
Nebraska $58,510
Montana $57,870
South Dakota $57,800
North Dakota $57,140
Alaska $55,720

National Wage Trend

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Year Median Annual
2024 $61,630
2023 $59,570
2022 $56,200
2021 $52,290
2020 $50,150
2019 $48,330