Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service · SOC 43-9051
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service Salary in the Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service in the Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $27,500 per year ($13.22 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $19,170 at the 10th percentile to $39,520 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service in the Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area earn more than $27,500 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $25,400 and $37,710.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $19,170 | $25,400 | $27,500 | $37,710 | $39,520 |
| Hourly | $9.22 | $12.21 | $13.22 | $18.13 | $19.00 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$27,500 median for Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $25,400 to $37,710
- Iowastate$35,610 median for Iowa; middle half earns $30,690 to $40,020
- United Statesnational$39,280 median for United States; middle half earns $35,470 to $46,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −23% vs Iowa overall and −30% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Iowa
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan areathis page$27,500 median for Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $25,400 to $37,710
- $43,240 median for Iowa City metro area; middle half earns $32,470 to $46,860
- $38,050 median for Cedar Rapids metro area; middle half earns $38,050 to $44,100
- $35,720 median for Des Moines metro area; middle half earns $31,650 to $43,950
- $32,140 median for Davenport metro area; middle half earns $31,200 to $37,940
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal services · Highest-paying occupations in Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.