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SOC 43-5053 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$58,470
U.S. median hourly wage$28.11
U.S. employment105,200

Nationally, postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators earned a median of $58,470 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 105,200 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators: pay and employment by state
State
District of Columbia$66,750$32.094000.6
South Dakota$61,570$29.602100.5
Iowa$60,530$29.101,0400.7
New Jersey$60,530$29.103,6600.9
Wyoming$60,530$29.101200.4
Guam$60,530$29.10300.5
North Dakota$59,840$28.772400.6
Minnesota$59,740$28.721,8400.6
California$59,490$28.6010,0900.6
Hawaii$59,490$28.603700.6
Maine$59,490$28.604400.7
Michigan$59,490$28.603,3700.8
Nebraska$59,490$28.606400.6
Rhode Island$59,490$28.606001.2
Vermont$59,490$28.601100.4
Washington$59,490$28.601,7700.5
Arkansas$58,470$28.115700.4
Colorado$58,470$28.111,9100.7
Connecticut$58,470$28.111,0200.6
Delaware$58,470$28.114100.8
Louisiana$58,470$28.111,2000.6
Maryland$58,470$28.112,4300.9
Massachusetts$58,470$28.112,9100.8
Nevada$58,470$28.119200.6
New Mexico$58,470$28.113500.4
New York$58,470$28.118,2900.9
Ohio$58,470$28.113,7000.7
Oklahoma$58,470$28.117900.5
West Virginia$58,470$28.114100.6
Wisconsin$58,470$28.111,4200.5
South Carolina$58,390$28.071,2800.6
Illinois$58,300$28.035,3700.9
New Hampshire$58,300$28.036901.0
Virginia$58,300$28.032,4200.6
Oregon$57,890$27.831,0900.6
Mississippi$57,800$27.793500.3
Alabama$57,430$27.611,1500.5
Florida$57,430$27.617,2400.7
Idaho$57,430$27.612500.3
Kentucky$57,430$27.619500.5
Missouri$57,430$27.612,7300.9
Montana$57,430$27.612700.5
Pennsylvania$57,430$27.615,6300.9
Utah$57,430$27.618600.5
Tennessee$56,390$27.112,8500.9
Texas$56,390$27.117,9000.6
Puerto Rico$56,390$27.117800.8
Alaska$55,350$26.612300.7
Arizona$55,350$26.612,1800.7
North Carolina$55,350$26.614,0400.8
Kansas$54,540$26.228700.6
Georgia$53,290$25.623,0500.6
Indiana$48,880$23.502,6000.8

Pay by metro area

All 163 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$47,170$55,110$63,050$70,990Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,170Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $47,440Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $50,770Gainesville, FL — $54,330Huntsville, AL — $54,330Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $54,330Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $54,330Springfield, MA — $54,540Anchorage, AK — $55,350Colorado Springs, CO — $55,350Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $55,350Jacksonville, FL — $55,350Kansas City, MO-KS — $55,350Richmond, VA — $55,350Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $55,660Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $55,690Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $55,870Akron, OH — $56,390Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $56,390Fayetteville, NC — $56,390Johnson City, TN — $56,390Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $56,390Mobile, AL — $56,390Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $56,390Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $56,390St. Louis, MO-IL — $56,390Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $56,430Billings, MT — $56,930Altoona, PA — $57,430Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $57,430Birmingham, AL — $57,430Boise City, ID — $57,430Cedar Rapids, IA — $57,430Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $57,430Grand Junction, CO — $57,430Jackson, MS — $57,430Lafayette, LA — $57,430Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $57,430Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $57,430New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $57,430Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $57,430Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $57,430Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $57,430Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $57,430Syracuse, NY — $57,430Toledo, OH — $57,430Tulsa, OK — $57,430Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $57,620Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,660Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $57,800Lubbock, TX — $57,800Tucson, AZ — $57,870Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,890Midland, TX — $57,950Bangor, ME — $58,300Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $58,300Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $58,300Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,300Chattanooga, TN-GA — $58,390Green Bay, WI — $58,390Manchester-Nashua, NH — $58,390Muncie, IN — $58,390Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $58,390Abilene, TX — $58,470Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $58,470Albuquerque, NM — $58,470Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $58,470Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $58,470Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $58,470Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $58,470Cleveland, OH — $58,470Columbia, SC — $58,470Columbus, OH — $58,470Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $58,470Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $58,470Eau Claire, WI — $58,470El Paso, TX — $58,470Fort Wayne, IN — $58,470Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $58,470Greensboro-High Point, NC — $58,470Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $58,470Knoxville, TN — $58,470Lancaster, PA — $58,470Lexington-Fayette, KY — $58,470Lincoln, NE — $58,470Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $58,470Macon-Bibb County, GA — $58,470Montgomery, AL — $58,470Oklahoma City, OK — $58,470Pittsburgh, PA — $58,470Raleigh-Cary, NC — $58,470Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $58,470Rochester, NY — $58,470San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $58,470Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $58,470Springfield, IL — $58,470Worcester, MA — $58,470Yakima, WA — $58,470Columbia, MO — $58,780Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $58,780South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $58,780Springfield, MO — $58,980Traverse City, MI — $58,980Cheyenne, WY — $59,110Bismarck, ND — $59,130Tallahassee, FL — $59,130Amarillo, TX — $59,490Baton Rouge, LA — $59,490Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,490Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $59,490Casper, WY — $59,490Champaign-Urbana, IL — $59,490Charleston, WV — $59,490Corpus Christi, TX — $59,490Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,490Eugene-Springfield, OR — $59,490Fargo, ND-MN — $59,490Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $59,490Johnstown, PA — $59,490Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $59,490Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $59,490Missoula, MT — $59,490New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $59,490North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $59,490Omaha, NE-IA — $59,490Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $59,490Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,490Redding, CA — $59,490Reno, NV — $59,490Roanoke, VA — $59,490Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $59,490Urban Honolulu, HI — $59,490Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $59,490Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,490Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $59,490Youngstown-Warren, OH — $59,490Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $59,740St. Cloud, MN — $59,740Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $59,740Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,740Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,760Great Falls, MT — $60,010Medford, OR — $60,200Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,200San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $60,200San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,200Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $60,530Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $60,530Evansville, IN — $60,530Fresno, CA — $60,530Madison, WI — $60,530Mankato, MN — $60,530Peoria, IL — $60,530Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,530Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $60,740McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $61,570Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $61,570Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $61,710Rocky Mount, NC — $62,610San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $63,650Wichita, KS — $66,750Erie, PA — $69,680Duluth, MN-WI — $70,990

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Duluth, MN-WI$70,990$34.13400.3
Erie, PA$69,680$33.50300.2
Wichita, KS$66,750$32.092100.7
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$63,650$30.601,5100.6
Rocky Mount, NC$62,610$30.10801.5
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$61,710$29.671700.9
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$61,570$29.601000.3
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$61,570$29.60600.7
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$60,740$29.201100.5
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$60,530$29.10500.4
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$60,530$29.108402.1
Evansville, IN$60,530$29.101301.0
Fresno, CA$60,530$29.101700.4
Madison, WI$60,530$29.101900.5
Mankato, MN$60,530$29.10400.7
Peoria, IL$60,530$29.10800.5
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$60,530$29.101400.8
Medford, OR$60,200$28.94600.6
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$60,200$28.941,1401.1
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$60,200$28.947400.5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$60,200$28.944200.4
Great Falls, MT$60,010$28.85300.9
Portland-South Portland, ME$59,760$28.733301.1
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$59,740$28.72300.3
St. Cloud, MN$59,740$28.72500.5
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$59,740$28.721,3400.6
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$59,740$28.724701.9
Amarillo, TX$59,490$28.601201.0
Baton Rouge, LA$59,490$28.602400.6
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$59,490$28.601,4800.5
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$59,490$28.603101.0
Casper, WY$59,490$28.60501.2
Champaign-Urbana, IL$59,490$28.601801.7
Charleston, WV$59,490$28.603603.4
Corpus Christi, TX$59,490$28.60700.4
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$59,490$28.602,3201.2
Eugene-Springfield, OR$59,490$28.601200.8
Fargo, ND-MN$59,490$28.601200.8
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$59,490$28.601300.5
Johnstown, PA$59,490$28.60801.7
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$59,490$28.604,7000.8
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$59,490$28.601,6500.8
Missoula, MT$59,490$28.60701.0
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$59,490$28.609,0100.9
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$59,490$28.603000.9
Omaha, NE-IA$59,490$28.605201.0
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$59,490$28.606100.9
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$59,490$28.60700.2
Redding, CA$59,490$28.60400.5
Reno, NV$59,490$28.601900.7
Roanoke, VA$59,490$28.602301.5
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$59,490$28.601500.6
Urban Honolulu, HI$59,490$28.603600.8
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$59,490$28.603300.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$59,490$28.602,2600.7
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$59,490$28.60300.6
Youngstown-Warren, OH$59,490$28.60800.5
Bismarck, ND$59,130$28.43801.2
Tallahassee, FL$59,130$28.432001.1
Cheyenne, WY$59,110$28.42501.0
Springfield, MO$58,980$28.362000.9
Traverse City, MI$58,980$28.36901.3
Columbia, MO$58,780$28.261000.9
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$58,780$28.261,5601.0
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$58,780$28.26800.6
Abilene, TX$58,470$28.11801.0
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$58,470$28.116101.3
Albuquerque, NM$58,470$28.113300.8
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$58,470$28.113701.0
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$58,470$28.115600.4
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$58,470$28.112200.7
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$58,470$28.111,2200.9
Cleveland, OH$58,470$28.119801.0
Columbia, SC$58,470$28.114701.2
Columbus, OH$58,470$28.119000.8
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$58,470$28.111000.5
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$58,470$28.111500.4
Eau Claire, WI$58,470$28.11600.6
El Paso, TX$58,470$28.111500.5
Fort Wayne, IN$58,470$28.111100.5
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$58,470$28.116501.1
Greensboro-High Point, NC$58,470$28.111,1103.0
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$58,470$28.114901.1
Knoxville, TN$58,470$28.114801.1
Lancaster, PA$58,470$28.113201.3
Lexington-Fayette, KY$58,470$28.112000.7
Lincoln, NE$58,470$28.11600.3
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$58,470$28.114001.1
Macon-Bibb County, GA$58,470$28.111701.7
Montgomery, AL$58,470$28.112301.4
Oklahoma City, OK$58,470$28.114500.7
Pittsburgh, PA$58,470$28.111,6901.5
Raleigh-Cary, NC$58,470$28.116900.9
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$58,470$28.117700.4
Rochester, NY$58,470$28.114901.0
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$58,470$28.116600.6
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$58,470$28.111000.5
Springfield, IL$58,470$28.111401.4
Worcester, MA$58,470$28.113701.0
Yakima, WA$58,470$28.11400.4
Chattanooga, TN-GA$58,390$28.072000.7
Green Bay, WI$58,390$28.071200.7
Manchester-Nashua, NH$58,390$28.076703.3
Muncie, IN$58,390$28.07300.8
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$58,390$28.074302.7
Bangor, ME$58,300$28.031001.4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$58,300$28.034,9201.1
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$58,300$28.039201.1
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$58,300$28.031,0300.7
Midland, TX$57,950$27.86600.5
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$57,890$27.831,1801.1
Tucson, AZ$57,870$27.822100.5
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$57,800$27.79500.3
Lubbock, TX$57,800$27.792001.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$57,660$27.728600.7
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$57,620$27.70500.3
Altoona, PA$57,430$27.61500.9
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$57,430$27.61800.3
Birmingham, AL$57,430$27.616301.2
Boise City, ID$57,430$27.612200.6
Cedar Rapids, IA$57,430$27.611200.9
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$57,430$27.612400.6
Grand Junction, CO$57,430$27.61801.1
Jackson, MS$57,430$27.612701.0
Lafayette, LA$57,430$27.61900.5
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$57,430$27.617300.6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$57,430$27.612,4000.9
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$57,430$27.614301.0
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$57,430$27.61700.7
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$57,430$27.612,8701.0
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$57,430$27.617800.9
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$57,430$27.612901.1
Syracuse, NY$57,430$27.614101.4
Toledo, OH$57,430$27.611000.3
Tulsa, OK$57,430$27.613300.7
Billings, MT$56,930$27.371601.7
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$56,430$27.138902.6
Akron, OH$56,390$27.112300.7
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$56,390$27.113,8501.0
Fayetteville, NC$56,390$27.114803.6
Johnson City, TN$56,390$27.11700.8
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$56,390$27.116701.0
Mobile, AL$56,390$27.112201.3
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$56,390$27.111,1100.8
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$56,390$27.112101.1
St. Louis, MO-IL$56,390$27.111,4101.0
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$55,870$26.86900.3
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$55,690$26.783300.6
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$55,660$26.768000.7
Anchorage, AK$55,350$26.612001.1
Colorado Springs, CO$55,350$26.612300.7
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$55,350$26.611,9000.6
Jacksonville, FL$55,350$26.611,4601.9
Kansas City, MO-KS$55,350$26.611,6401.5
Richmond, VA$55,350$26.611,0901.6
Springfield, MA$54,540$26.221,0505.2
Gainesville, FL$54,330$26.121400.9
Huntsville, AL$54,330$26.12500.2
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$54,330$26.121,2602.1
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$54,330$26.121,9400.8
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$50,770$24.412,7501.0
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$47,440$22.811,5501.1
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$47,170$22.682,0801.9

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.