Pay distribution $54,330 10th $57,430 25th $71,470 75th $75,030 90th
Half of Postal Service Clerks in the Boston metro area earn more than $62,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $57,430 and $71,470.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $54,330 $57,430 $62,610 $71,470 $75,030 Hourly $26.12 $27.61 $30.10 $34.36 $36.07
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 Boston metro areathis metro area
$62,610 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $57,430 to $71,470
$62,610 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $57,820 to $71,180
$62,130 median for United States; middle half earns $56,740 to $70,890
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is about the same vs Massachusetts overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $57,090 $61,293 $65,497 $69,700 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $57,090 Terre Haute, IN — $57,090 Lincoln, NE — $57,430 Rapid City, SD — $57,430 Albany, GA — $57,640 Logan, UT-ID — $57,820 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $58,150 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $58,150 Idaho Falls, ID — $58,460 Ames, IA — $58,470 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $58,470 Bend, OR — $58,470 Charleston, WV — $58,470 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $58,470 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $58,470 Homosassa Springs, FL — $58,470 Jefferson City, MO — $58,470 Yuma, AZ — $58,470 Tyler, TX — $58,680 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,880 Grand Junction, CO — $58,880 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $58,880 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $58,880 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $58,880 State College, PA — $58,880 Wheeling, WV-OH — $58,880 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $58,980 Columbus, GA-AL — $59,190 Ocala, FL — $59,190 Appleton, WI — $59,490 Beckley, WV — $59,490 Chambersburg, PA — $59,490 Colorado Springs, CO — $59,490 Columbia, MO — $59,490 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $59,490 Madison, WI — $59,490 Oklahoma City, OK — $59,490 Rockford, IL — $59,490 Santa Fe, NM — $59,490 Topeka, KS — $59,490 Tulsa, OK — $59,490 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $59,730 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $59,730 Anchorage, AK — $59,760 Ogden, UT — $59,860 Bloomington, IL — $59,970 Jonesboro, AR — $59,970 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $59,970 Lawton, OK — $59,970 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $59,970 Waco, TX — $59,970 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $59,970 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $59,970 Williamsport, PA — $59,970 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $60,250 Joplin, MO-KS — $60,250 Paducah, KY-IL — $60,250 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $60,250 Springfield, MO — $60,250 Salisbury, MD — $60,510 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $60,530 Boise City, ID — $60,530 Boulder, CO — $60,530 Columbus, OH — $60,530 Duluth, MN-WI — $60,530 Huntsville, AL — $60,530 Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,530 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $60,530 Niles, MI — $60,530 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,530 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $60,530 Utica-Rome, NY — $60,530 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,740 Port St. Lucie, FL — $60,740 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $60,740 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $60,740 Dothan, AL — $60,790 Greeley, CO — $60,790 Amarillo, TX — $60,890 Billings, MT — $61,050 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $61,050 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $61,050 Charlottesville, VA — $61,050 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $61,050 Glens Falls, NY — $61,050 Jackson, MS — $61,050 Jacksonville, FL — $61,050 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $61,050 Lebanon, PA — $61,050 Longview, TX — $61,050 Pittsburgh, PA — $61,050 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,050 Reading, PA — $61,050 Richmond, VA — $61,050 Rochester, MN — $61,050 Saginaw, MI — $61,050 St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,050 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $61,050 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $61,050 Springfield, IL — $61,050 Texarkana, TX-AR — $61,050 Tuscaloosa, AL — $61,050 Yuba City, CA — $61,050 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $61,150 Omaha, NE-IA — $61,310 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $61,430 Bangor, ME — $61,570 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $61,570 Canton-Massillon, OH — $61,570 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $61,570 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,570 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $61,570 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $61,570 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $61,570 Lynchburg, VA — $61,570 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $61,570 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $61,570 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $61,570 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $61,570 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,570 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,570 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $61,570 Vineland, NJ — $61,570 Wilmington, NC — $61,570 Albuquerque, NM — $61,640 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $61,640 Bellingham, WA — $61,710 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $61,710 Wichita Falls, TX — $61,710 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $61,850 Clarksville, TN-KY — $61,850 College Station-Bryan, TX — $61,850 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $61,870 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $61,920 Columbia, SC — $62,130 Jacksonville, NC — $62,130 Johnstown, PA — $62,130 Mobile, AL — $62,130 Monroe, LA — $62,130 Portland-South Portland, ME — $62,130 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,130 Sheboygan, WI — $62,130 Sherman-Denison, TX — $62,130 Traverse City, MI — $62,130 York-Hanover, PA — $62,130 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $62,370 Las Cruces, NM — $62,370 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $62,370 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,610 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,610 Barnstable Town, MA — $62,610 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $62,610 Birmingham, AL — $62,610 Bloomington, IN — $62,610 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,610 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $62,610 Evansville, IN — $62,610 Flagstaff, AZ — $62,610 Fort Wayne, IN — $62,610 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $62,610 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $62,610 Lafayette, LA — $62,610 Lake Charles, LA — $62,610 Lancaster, PA — $62,610 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $62,610 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $62,610 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $62,610 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $62,610 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $62,610 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,610 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,610 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,610 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $62,610 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,610 Syracuse, NY — $62,610 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $62,650 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $62,670 Peoria, IL — $62,670 Toledo, OH — $62,690 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $62,910 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $62,910 Erie, PA — $62,910 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $62,910 Modesto, CA — $62,910 Killeen-Temple, TX — $62,950 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $63,130 Binghamton, NY — $63,170 Abilene, TX — $63,210 Decatur, AL — $63,210 Fargo, ND-MN — $63,210 Green Bay, WI — $63,210 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $63,210 Kingston, NY — $63,210 Lexington Park, MD — $63,210 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $63,210 Winchester, VA-WV — $63,210 St. George, UT — $63,450 Elizabethtown, KY — $63,640 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $63,650 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $63,650 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $63,650 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $63,650 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $63,650 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $63,650 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $63,650 Knoxville, TN — $63,650 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $63,650 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $63,650 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $63,650 Montgomery, AL — $63,650 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $63,650 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $63,650 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $63,650 Reno, NV — $63,650 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,650 Rochester, NY — $63,650 Salinas, CA — $63,650 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $63,650 Savannah, GA — $63,650 Springfield, MA — $63,650 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $63,650 Tucson, AZ — $63,650 Vallejo, CA — $63,650 Wichita, KS — $63,650 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $63,660 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $63,660 Bowling Green, KY — $63,670 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $63,670 Flint, MI — $63,670 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $63,670 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $63,670 Manhattan, KS — $63,920 El Centro, CA — $63,970 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $63,970 Urban Honolulu, HI — $64,140 Gainesville, FL — $64,290 Jackson, TN — $64,290 Lubbock, TX — $64,290 Roanoke, VA — $64,290 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $64,290 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $64,290 Worcester, MA — $64,290 Baton Rouge, LA — $64,480 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $64,480 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $64,630 Cleveland, OH — $64,630 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $64,630 Pittsfield, MA — $64,630 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $64,630 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $64,630 Akron, OH — $64,670 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $64,670 El Paso, TX — $64,670 Harrisonburg, VA — $64,670 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $64,670 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $64,670 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $64,670 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $64,670 Punta Gorda, FL — $64,670 Salem, OR — $64,670 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $64,670 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $64,670 Dover, DE — $64,830 Alexandria, LA — $65,020 Burlington, NC — $65,170 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $65,170 Chico, CA — $65,190 Florence, SC — $65,370 Redding, CA — $65,370 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $65,370 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $65,370 St. Cloud, MN — $65,540 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $65,600 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $65,600 Fayetteville, NC — $65,660 Tallahassee, FL — $65,660 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $65,710 Farmington, NM — $65,710 Fresno, CA — $65,710 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $65,710 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $65,710 Sandusky, OH — $66,060 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $66,140 Corpus Christi, TX — $66,460 Gainesville, GA — $66,460 Rocky Mount, NC — $66,460 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $66,520 Visalia, CA — $66,520 Hammond, LA — $66,600 Cedar Rapids, IA — $66,750 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $66,750 Greenville, NC — $66,750 Spartanburg, SC — $66,750 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $66,750 Winston-Salem, NC — $66,750 Yakima, WA — $66,750 Morgantown, WV — $67,660 Medford, OR — $67,790 Altoona, PA — $68,540 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $68,540 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $68,620 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $68,670 Ann Arbor, MI — $68,810 Johnson City, TN — $68,810 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $68,810 Merced, CA — $69,160 Asheville, NC — $69,700 Hattiesburg, MS — $69,700 Boston metro area 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.
The Boston metro area has the 134th-highest published median for this occupation among the 308 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Massachusetts Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for postal service clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boston metro areathis page
$62,610 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $57,430 to $71,470
$64,630 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $58,880 to $69,850
$64,290 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $58,880 to $72,950
$63,650 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $58,470 to $70,830
$62,610 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $58,470 to $69,700
$62,370 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $56,740 to $70,240
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:
Customer Service Representatives $49,920 Office Clerks, General $50,710 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $59,330 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $77,990 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $60,960 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $51,600 Highest-paying metro areas for postal service clerkss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro
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 .