Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators · SOC 43-5053
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators Salary in the North Dakota
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Dakota
Figures describe the state of North Dakota as a whole.
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in the North Dakota earned a median of $59,840 per year ($28.77 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $42,600 at the 10th percentile to $75,280 at the 90th. BLS estimates 240 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in the North Dakota earn more than $59,840 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,770 and $71,930.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $42,600 | $50,770 | $59,840 | $71,930 | $75,280 |
| Hourly | $20.48 | $24.41 | $28.77 | $34.58 | $36.19 |
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
- North Dakota$59,840 median for North Dakota; middle half earns $50,770 to $71,930
- United Statesnational$58,470 median for United States; middle half earns $48,880 to $75,030
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in North Dakota
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- North Dakotathis page$59,840 median for North Dakota; middle half earns $50,770 to $71,930
- $59,490 median for Fargo metro area; middle half earns $49,830 to $71,930
- $59,130 median for Bismarck metro area; middle half earns $49,050 to $72,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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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.