Postmasters and Mail Superintendents · SOC 11-9131

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Postmasters and Mail Superintendentss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for postmasters and mail superintendents. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 58 metro areas

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$113,430	120	0.0
2	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$111,170	40	0.0
3	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$110,310	40	0.0
4	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$106,320	40	0.0
5	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$104,200	40	0.1
6	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$103,120	40	0.1
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$103,020	60	0.0
8	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$102,960	40	0.0
9	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$102,960	40	0.0
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$102,920	80	0.0
11	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$102,840	60	0.1
12	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$102,690	90	0.0
13	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$102,620	40	0.1
14	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$102,610	110	0.0
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$101,760	80	0.0
16	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$101,150	180	0.1
17	Cleveland, OH	$101,150	50	0.1
18	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$101,150	90	0.0
19	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$101,150	50	0.0
20	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$101,150	550	0.1
21	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$101,130	200	0.0
22	Pittsburgh, PA	$100,780	150	0.1
23	Fresno, CA	$100,450	30	0.1
24	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$100,210	30	0.1
25	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$100,130	60	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Postmasters and Mail Superintendents overview.

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.