Pay distribution $42,390 10th $42,390 25th $81,000 75th $81,040 90th
Half of Postal Service Mail Carriers in the El Centro metro area earn more than $55,930 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $42,390 and $81,000.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $42,390 $42,390 $55,930 $81,000 $81,040 Hourly $20.38 $20.38 $26.89 $38.94 $38.96
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 El Centro metro areathis metro area
$55,930 median for El Centro metro area; middle half earns $42,390 to $81,000
$62,090 median for California; middle half earns $51,130 to $81,040
$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 −10% vs California overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $52,180 $58,297 $64,413 $70,530 Hinesville, GA — $52,180 Homosassa Springs, FL — $52,340 Sumter, SC — $52,520 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $53,310 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $53,310 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $54,060 Columbus, GA-AL — $54,430 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $54,430 Lewiston, ID-WA — $54,960 St. George, UT — $54,960 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $55,020 Dalton, GA — $55,450 Cleveland, TN — $55,490 College Station-Bryan, TX — $55,490 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $55,490 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $55,490 Grand Island, NE — $55,490 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $55,490 Lawton, OK — $55,490 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $55,490 Sebring, FL — $55,490 Yuma, AZ — $55,490 Columbia, SC — $55,610 Logan, UT-ID — $55,710 Rocky Mount, NC — $55,710 Albany, GA — $55,930 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $55,930 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $55,930 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $55,930 Bowling Green, KY — $55,930 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $55,930 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $55,930 El Centro, CA — $55,930 Gadsden, AL — $55,930 Las Cruces, NM — $55,930 Montgomery, AL — $55,930 Ocala, FL — $55,930 Texarkana, TX-AR — $55,930 Twin Falls, ID — $55,930 Valdosta, GA — $55,930 Warner Robins, GA — $55,930 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $56,300 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $56,300 Waco, TX — $56,300 Alexandria, LA — $56,660 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $56,660 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $56,660 Jacksonville, NC — $56,660 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $56,660 Odessa, TX — $56,660 San Angelo, TX — $56,660 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $56,750 Kankakee, IL — $57,030 Visalia, CA — $57,030 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $57,060 Hattiesburg, MS — $57,060 Beckley, WV — $57,180 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $57,250 Niles, MI — $57,280 Bellingham, WA — $57,470 Elmira, NY — $57,470 Flagstaff, AZ — $57,470 Florence, SC — $57,470 Goldsboro, NC — $57,470 Huntsville, AL — $57,470 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $57,470 Morristown, TN — $57,470 Yakima, WA — $57,470 Dover, DE — $57,580 Altoona, PA — $57,700 Ann Arbor, MI — $57,700 Bangor, ME — $57,700 Clarksville, TN-KY — $57,700 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $57,700 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,700 Fairbanks-College, AK — $57,700 Farmington, NM — $57,700 Fond du Lac, WI — $57,700 Grants Pass, OR — $57,700 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $57,700 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $57,700 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $57,700 Helena, MT — $57,700 Jackson, MI — $57,700 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $57,700 Johnstown, PA — $57,700 Lafayette, LA — $57,700 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $57,700 Lebanon, PA — $57,700 Lima, OH — $57,700 Longview, TX — $57,700 Manhattan, KS — $57,700 Mankato, MN — $57,700 Mobile, AL — $57,700 Monroe, LA — $57,700 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $57,700 Punta Gorda, FL — $57,700 Redding, CA — $57,700 Rome, GA — $57,700 Sheboygan, WI — $57,700 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $57,700 Wichita Falls, TX — $57,700 Wilmington, NC — $57,700 State College, PA — $57,760 Barnstable Town, MA — $57,820 Billings, MT — $57,820 Laredo, TX — $57,820 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $57,820 Topeka, KS — $57,820 Chico, CA — $57,910 Elizabethtown, KY — $57,910 Abilene, TX — $57,970 Williamsport, PA — $58,100 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $58,170 Lexington Park, MD — $58,240 Morgantown, WV — $58,270 Great Falls, MT — $58,300 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $58,360 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $58,410 Bend, OR — $58,420 Greeley, CO — $58,510 Killeen-Temple, TX — $58,510 Lake Charles, LA — $58,510 Traverse City, MI — $58,510 Vineland, NJ — $58,510 York-Hanover, PA — $58,570 Tuscaloosa, AL — $58,690 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $58,710 Johnson City, TN — $58,710 Springfield, MO — $58,710 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $58,710 Corvallis, OR — $58,910 Knoxville, TN — $58,910 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $58,910 Pittsfield, MA — $58,910 Salisbury, MD — $58,910 Sandusky, OH — $58,910 Walla Walla, WA — $58,910 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $58,910 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,960 Baton Rouge, LA — $59,010 Decatur, AL — $59,010 Dothan, AL — $59,010 Hammond, LA — $59,010 Jackson, MS — $59,010 Jackson, TN — $59,010 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,010 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $59,010 Medford, OR — $59,010 Rockford, IL — $59,010 Spartanburg, SC — $59,010 Tyler, TX — $59,010 Vallejo, CA — $59,010 Wheeling, WV-OH — $59,160 Chambersburg, PA — $59,170 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $59,400 Gettysburg, PA — $59,400 Greenville, NC — $59,400 Hot Springs, AR — $59,400 Reading, PA — $59,400 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $59,400 Pocatello, ID — $59,450 Battle Creek, MI — $59,510 Duluth, MN-WI — $59,640 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $59,640 Lynchburg, VA — $59,700 Akron, OH — $59,880 Albany, OR — $59,880 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,880 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $59,880 Anchorage, AK — $59,880 Binghamton, NY — $59,880 Birmingham, AL — $59,880 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $59,880 Casper, WY — $59,880 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,880 Colorado Springs, CO — $59,880 Decatur, IL — $59,880 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,880 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $59,880 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $59,880 Idaho Falls, ID — $59,880 Kokomo, IN — $59,880 Lancaster, PA — $59,880 Longview-Kelso, WA — $59,880 Midland, TX — $59,880 Muncie, IN — $59,880 Owensboro, KY — $59,880 Paducah, KY-IL — $59,880 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $59,880 Peoria, IL — $59,880 Pittsburgh, PA — $59,880 Portland-South Portland, ME — $59,880 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $59,880 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $59,880 Saginaw, MI — $59,880 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $59,880 Salem, OR — $59,880 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $59,880 Savannah, GA — $59,880 Springfield, IL — $59,880 Utica-Rome, NY — $59,880 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,880 Wausau, WI — $59,880 Wichita, KS — $59,880 Boise City, ID — $59,990 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $59,990 Midland, MI — $59,990 Monroe, MI — $59,990 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,990 Port St. Lucie, FL — $59,990 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $59,990 Tallahassee, FL — $59,990 Cleveland, OH — $60,260 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $60,270 Cedar Rapids, IA — $60,270 Terre Haute, IN — $60,270 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $60,440 Appleton, WI — $60,550 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $60,550 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,550 Charlottesville, VA — $60,550 Columbus, IN — $60,550 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $60,550 Gainesville, FL — $60,550 Gainesville, GA — $60,550 Harrisonburg, VA — $60,550 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $60,550 Santa Fe, NM — $60,550 Sherman-Denison, TX — $60,550 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $60,550 Madison, WI — $60,760 Reno, NV — $60,760 Green Bay, WI — $60,780 Minot, ND — $60,790 Ames, IA — $60,840 Kenosha, WI — $60,840 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $60,840 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $60,880 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $60,880 Amarillo, TX — $61,010 Burlington, NC — $61,010 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,010 Jacksonville, FL — $61,010 Kansas City, MO-KS — $61,010 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $61,010 Mansfield, OH — $61,070 Boulder, CO — $61,130 Canton-Massillon, OH — $61,130 Carson City, NV — $61,130 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,130 Eau Claire, WI — $61,130 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,130 Richmond, VA — $61,130 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,130 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $61,130 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $61,130 Urban Honolulu, HI — $61,130 St. Cloud, MN — $61,170 Roanoke, VA — $61,240 Rochester, MN — $61,240 Cheyenne, WY — $61,310 Springfield, MA — $61,370 Oklahoma City, OK — $61,410 Erie, PA — $61,480 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,480 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $61,480 Springfield, OH — $61,530 Ithaca, NY — $61,540 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $61,610 Glens Falls, NY — $61,780 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $62,070 Asheville, NC — $62,070 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,070 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $62,070 Charleston, WV — $62,070 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,070 Columbia, MO — $62,070 Columbus, OH — $62,070 Corpus Christi, TX — $62,070 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $62,070 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $62,070 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,070 Dubuque, IA — $62,070 Evansville, IN — $62,070 Flint, MI — $62,070 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $62,070 Fort Wayne, IN — $62,070 Fresno, CA — $62,070 Grand Junction, CO — $62,070 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $62,070 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $62,070 Jefferson City, MO — $62,070 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $62,070 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,070 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $62,070 Lubbock, TX — $62,070 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $62,070 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,070 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $62,070 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $62,070 Omaha, NE-IA — $62,070 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $62,070 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $62,070 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,070 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $62,070 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $62,070 Rochester, NY — $62,070 St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,070 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,070 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $62,070 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $62,070 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $62,070 Syracuse, NY — $62,070 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,070 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $62,070 Tulsa, OK — $62,070 Winston-Salem, NC — $62,070 Worcester, MA — $62,070 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $62,080 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $62,080 Pueblo, CO — $62,080 Yuba City, CA — $62,080 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,090 Fayetteville, NC — $62,090 Joplin, MO-KS — $62,090 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $62,090 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $62,090 Modesto, CA — $62,090 Ogden, UT — $62,090 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $62,090 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $62,190 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $62,330 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $62,330 Albuquerque, NM — $62,340 Rapid City, SD — $62,340 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $62,390 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $62,520 El Paso, TX — $62,590 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $62,590 Bloomington, IL — $62,960 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $62,960 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $62,960 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $62,980 Jonesboro, AR — $63,140 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $63,170 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $63,380 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $63,380 Kingston, NY — $63,380 Lincoln, NE — $63,380 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $63,380 Winchester, VA-WV — $63,380 Bismarck, ND — $63,610 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $63,610 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $63,750 Fargo, ND-MN — $63,930 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $64,190 Bloomington, IN — $64,250 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $64,250 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $64,250 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $64,250 Merced, CA — $64,250 Missoula, MT — $64,250 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $64,250 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $64,250 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $64,250 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $64,250 Salinas, CA — $64,250 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $64,250 Toledo, OH — $64,250 Tucson, AZ — $64,250 Victoria, TX — $64,250 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $64,250 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $64,460 Iowa City, IA — $64,890 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $66,440 Napa, CA — $67,140 Bozeman, MT — $68,060 Bay City, MI — $68,640 Enid, OK — $68,640 Lawrence, KS — $70,530 El Centro 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 El Centro metro area has the 341st-highest published median for this occupation among the 381 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 California 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.
El Centro metro areathis page
$55,930 median for El Centro metro area; middle half earns $42,390 to $81,000
$67,140 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $57,700 to $81,040
$66,440 median for Oxnard metro area; middle half earns $51,130 to $81,040
$64,250 median for Los Angeles metro area; middle half earns $53,310 to $81,040
$64,250 median for Merced metro area; middle half earns $43,120 to $81,040
$64,250 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $52,190 to $81,040
$64,250 median for Salinas metro area; middle half earns $53,310 to $81,040
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Office Clerks, General $44,500 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $49,150 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $47,960 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $66,410 Customer Service Representatives $46,240 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $45,820 Highest-paying metro areas for postal service mail carrierss · Highest-paying occupations in El Centro 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 .