Postal Service Mail Carriers · SOC 43-5052
Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary in the Alaska nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Alaska nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Alaska nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Postal Service Mail Carriers in the Alaska nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $56,820 per year ($27.32 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,120 at the 10th percentile to $81,000 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Postal Service Mail Carriers in the Alaska nonmetropolitan area earn more than $56,820 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,130 and $64,220.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $43,120 | $51,130 | $56,820 | $64,220 | $81,000 |
| Hourly | $20.73 | $24.58 | $27.32 | $30.88 | $38.94 |
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
- Alaska nonmetropolitan area$56,820 median for Alaska nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $51,130 to $64,220
- Alaskastate$59,880 median for Alaska; middle half earns $52,520 to $73,010
- United Statesnational$60,550 median for United States; middle half earns $48,940 to $81,000
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs Alaska overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alaska
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for postal service mail carriers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Alaska nonmetropolitan areathis page$56,820 median for Alaska nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $51,130 to $64,220
- $59,880 median for Anchorage metro area; middle half earns $53,310 to $75,190
- $57,700 median for Fairbanks metro area; middle half earns $51,130 to $73,010
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 postal service mail carrierss · Highest-paying occupations in Alaska 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.