Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$38,150

National average

Salary Range

$29,460 – $52,150

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$55,970$43,270$74,980
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$49,320$39,640$72,920
District of Columbia$48,230$39,000$70,820
Massachusetts$46,160$34,580$59,480
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$46,040$40,260$57,900
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$45,690$34,620$60,240
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,060$36,210$61,830
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$44,890$37,030$54,880
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$44,840$34,800$50,610
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$44,710$36,650$51,520
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$44,700$35,970$55,990
Hawaii$44,700$34,430$49,900
Springfield, MA$44,610$31,820$54,940
Salem, OR$44,570$30,550$55,660
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$44,390$32,240$61,730
Washington$44,260$36,840$56,160
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$43,950$35,350$53,820
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,920$35,720$58,490
Gainesville, FL$43,690$36,920$46,740
Vermont$43,440$37,440$50,540
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$43,440$37,700$47,590
Colorado$43,160$33,990$56,380
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$43,140$36,590$49,580
Bellingham, WA$43,090$36,540$45,730
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$43,050$25,650$55,220
Mankato, MN$42,980$36,650$60,490
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$42,940$33,690$61,220
California$42,860$35,600$63,730
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$42,840$30,730$63,800
Worcester, MA$42,700$32,810$51,370
New Haven, CT$42,690$36,080$56,640
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$42,670$34,980$55,970
Minnesota$42,650$33,870$54,880
St. Cloud, MN$42,490$23,900$49,990
Boise City, ID$42,490$29,590$45,740
Visalia, CA$42,430$33,460$71,270
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$42,400$35,560$59,820
Rhode Island$42,390$34,600$53,760
Connecticut$42,370$35,370$53,820
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$42,370$36,060$53,820
Iowa City, IA$42,200$27,840$55,130
Colorado Springs, CO$42,190$33,080$51,060
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$42,180$36,640$53,280
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$41,800$35,130$57,420
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$41,760$36,640$51,410
New York$41,530$32,880$57,160
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$41,510$31,200$49,590
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$41,430$28,960$46,690
Oregon$41,410$35,090$51,700
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$41,380$29,440$48,290
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$41,360$34,850$63,230
Eugene-Springfield, OR$41,250$34,900$55,150
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$41,170$40,230$52,240
Utah$41,170$34,620$52,240
Duluth, MN-WI$40,990$26,530$60,110
Syracuse, NY$40,950$35,240$50,360
Idaho$40,890$29,590$45,060
Kingston, NY$40,660$31,980$49,480
Manchester-Nashua, NH$40,660$30,540$54,800
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$40,610$32,780$46,570
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$40,580$28,290$60,630
New Jersey$40,570$33,920$61,690
Bend, OR$40,420$35,070$44,990
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$40,290$34,800$56,110
Urban Honolulu, HI$40,230$33,970$51,110
Portland-South Portland, ME$40,180$37,340$48,250
New Hampshire$40,130$24,960$53,800
Maine$40,100$34,670$48,250
Ann Arbor, MI$40,000$23,030$52,620
Rochester, NY$39,930$31,200$49,520
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$39,930$33,600$57,650
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$39,850$30,930$52,320
Madison, WI$39,840$22,660$47,260
Bozeman, MT$39,800$34,600$50,810
Stockton-Lodi, CA$39,720$33,280$50,510
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$39,610$33,050$45,840
Waco, TX$39,590$29,130$51,440
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$39,580$31,200$49,390
Utica-Rome, NY$39,530$34,140$49,390
Fresno, CA$39,530$33,280$48,010
Binghamton, NY$39,520$31,630$46,920
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$39,520$30,210$53,330
Maryland$39,460$31,230$53,670
Lexington Park, MD$39,410$31,200$52,000
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$39,340$28,950$48,820
Albuquerque, NM$39,310$31,250$51,950
Columbus, OH$39,260$34,700$52,520
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$39,260$23,230$49,080
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$39,230$28,900$45,970
Raleigh-Cary, NC$39,190$28,010$50,130
Omaha, NE-IA$39,150$33,530$49,110
Nebraska$39,150$31,530$47,820
Cedar Rapids, IA$39,140$32,470$50,580
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$39,120$32,920$46,740
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$39,120$31,200$53,960
Alaska$39,100$33,800$54,950
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$39,100$39,100$54,950
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$39,080$21,880$58,920
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$39,060$34,600$46,180
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$38,940$31,600$47,570
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$38,850$30,310$46,510
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,850$31,670$49,390
Nevada$38,800$28,940$49,920
New Mexico$38,770$31,210$50,650
Indiana$38,750$30,350$46,590
Tallahassee, FL$38,610$28,690$45,320
Reno, NV$38,600$29,000$59,210
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$38,550$31,470$52,260
Lincoln, NE$38,500$28,180$46,740
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$38,470$29,550$47,590
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$38,450$31,230$49,510
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$38,440$31,850$47,870
Cleveland, OH$38,270$31,090$51,600
Kansas City, MO-KS$38,270$29,750$48,620
Billings, MT$38,240$31,410$44,680
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$38,220$33,350$53,890
Missouri$38,170$30,180$48,600
York-Hanover, PA$38,160$31,870$58,680
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$38,110$29,450$45,970
Anchorage, AK$38,020$33,400$58,090
Jacksonville, FL$37,970$30,040$50,750
Ohio$37,960$29,720$48,570
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$37,940$28,540$49,960
Georgia$37,930$28,530$46,800
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$37,880$23,390$46,500
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$37,860$31,470$50,830
Green Bay, WI$37,850$24,250$45,640
Springfield, MO$37,800$30,730$42,760
Florida$37,800$30,280$47,690
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$37,790$28,040$41,380
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$37,750$26,890$50,380
Bismarck, ND$37,670$36,280$57,290
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$37,650$21,880$45,680
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$37,590$31,200$49,900
Montana$37,570$29,850$47,370
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$37,550$31,300$46,340
Birmingham, AL$37,550$28,280$47,900
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$37,440$31,200$48,600
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$37,430$30,510$46,560
Huntsville, AL$37,430$31,570$57,130
Fort Wayne, IN$37,420$32,040$46,200
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$37,370$29,530$47,190
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,370$31,300$48,390
Tulsa, OK$37,310$27,680$45,130
Dubuque, IA$37,260$22,180$41,040
North Dakota$37,220$33,680$45,200
St. Louis, MO-IL$37,190$31,030$47,640
Columbia, MO$37,190$28,050$45,970
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$37,180$24,990$53,680
Killeen-Temple, TX$37,160$23,910$47,660
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$37,080$30,690$44,830
Texas$37,010$26,510$46,920
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$37,010$27,800$45,080
Iowa$36,980$23,030$48,650
South Dakota$36,980$29,110$44,050
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$36,960$27,600$48,710
Illinois$36,940$29,120$50,140
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$36,940$29,120$51,430
Winston-Salem, NC$36,920$24,370$48,900
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$36,910$23,090$52,490
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$36,900$26,000$49,800
Columbus, GA-AL$36,880$30,160$51,560
Fargo, ND-MN$36,880$32,510$42,750
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$36,840$29,940$45,590
Arkansas$36,840$28,610$45,550
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$36,750$27,910$47,300
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$36,730$16,220$48,800
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$36,720$28,290$45,600
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$36,660$29,210$45,190
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$36,660$29,650$48,270
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$36,650$32,640$51,630
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$36,630$28,480$43,080
Akron, OH$36,530$28,710$46,600
Wisconsin$36,500$27,720$48,260
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$36,500$30,380$52,160
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$36,460$31,200$49,010
Toledo, OH$36,360$30,210$47,300
North Carolina$36,340$27,310$47,350
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$36,280$28,750$46,760
Fayetteville, NC$36,200$27,840$47,960
Tucson, AZ$36,190$31,790$46,800
Oklahoma$36,190$25,590$44,760
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$36,190$26,630$48,530
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$36,190$24,790$52,380
Amarillo, TX$36,170$27,040$47,490
Canton-Massillon, OH$36,100$28,150$43,790
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$36,040$28,040$47,350
Oklahoma City, OK$36,030$25,590$44,370
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$35,960$18,720$48,090
Delaware$35,930$30,780$44,100
Wichita, KS$35,860$27,020$40,230
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$35,800$34,190$45,640
Pennsylvania$35,760$26,990$49,400
Alabama$35,700$22,440$46,430
Battle Creek, MI$35,700$34,390$43,600
Columbia, SC$35,700$30,160$45,970
Greensboro-High Point, NC$35,640$26,830$43,900
Kentucky$35,590$23,070$46,070
Arizona$35,560$31,800$45,640
Springfield, IL$35,520$29,120$36,970
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$35,480$31,160$46,140
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$35,470$22,260$48,980
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$35,440$30,800$46,450
Flint, MI$35,420$28,490$50,760
Erie, PA$35,400$32,200$46,690
Champaign-Urbana, IL$35,360$31,390$48,010
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,360$22,810$43,910
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$35,350$21,950$49,220
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$35,350$18,720$46,380
Michigan$35,340$27,390$46,620
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,340$22,880$50,950
Evansville, IN$35,320$30,640$38,860
Appleton, WI$35,260$28,240$47,200
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$35,210$27,770$43,920
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$35,210$29,390$45,970
Cheyenne, WY$35,150$29,060$45,970
Topeka, KS$35,120$24,190$50,210
Kansas$35,060$24,360$44,500
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$35,030$24,960$52,170
Lancaster, PA$35,010$23,920$47,840
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$35,010$31,290$46,500
Montgomery, AL$34,920$22,920$42,490
Pittsburgh, PA$34,910$26,580$47,810
Asheville, NC$34,910$23,960$45,970
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$34,840$29,880$50,500
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$34,840$22,350$49,900
Richmond, VA$34,820$24,960$50,920
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,800$24,960$45,420
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$34,790$24,200$50,110
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$34,720$30,780$45,970
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$34,640$29,690$46,220
Dover, DE$34,610$29,210$37,010
Tennessee$34,580$22,820$44,710
Jefferson City, MO$34,520$27,420$44,200
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$34,390$26,710$38,920
Wilmington, NC$34,330$25,460$47,350
Virginia$34,260$24,960$55,230
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$34,100$22,240$43,820
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$34,100$29,120$44,940
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$34,070$27,540$51,950
Peoria, IL$33,530$30,420$47,730
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$33,530$24,460$42,860
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$33,480$25,740$48,830
Rapid City, SD$33,480$28,850$40,240
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$33,460$16,610$50,810
Saginaw, MI$33,440$29,120$40,230
Bloomington, IL$33,280$30,820$44,550
South Carolina$33,140$25,210$45,830
Jackson, MS$33,040$24,520$43,620
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$33,000$23,570$37,720
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$32,870$30,220$44,270
Wyoming$32,650$18,720$41,260
Knoxville, TN$32,570$22,910$42,490
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$32,490$24,030$34,330
West Virginia$32,380$21,560$45,970
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$32,340$23,670$45,510
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$32,050$23,440$44,290
Corpus Christi, TX$31,910$23,780$42,640
El Paso, TX$31,550$22,360$44,780
Charleston, WV$31,280$24,280$43,120
Mississippi$31,200$22,880$45,130
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$31,200$31,200$38,840
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$31,200$20,760$38,620
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$31,150$20,800$39,670
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$30,680$27,150$37,950
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$30,590$25,380$40,410
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$30,530$21,710$42,870
Chattanooga, TN-GA$30,470$17,720$43,310
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$30,410$22,700$45,970
Morgantown, WV$30,270$19,000$39,890
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$30,110$20,020$41,850
Roanoke, VA$29,990$24,960$45,070
Reading, PA$29,790$28,240$44,710
Logan, UT-ID$29,620$27,100$45,940
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$29,590$18,720$38,000
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,360$27,310$44,720
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,120$21,560$41,760
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$27,980$22,010$45,710
Puerto Rico$27,560$20,020$46,120
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$27,350$21,990$39,530
Wheeling, WV-OH$27,330$21,240$37,320
Louisiana$27,300$22,700$41,600
Baton Rouge, LA$27,300$22,740$39,220
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$27,030$21,490$42,560
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$26,710$19,360$37,540
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$25,650$24,680$39,640
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$25,460$20,020$46,120
Lynchburg, VA$25,400$24,960$40,800
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$22,010$17,050$37,270
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$21,490$21,490$35,710

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service is $38,150, with a typical range of $29,460 – $52,150 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service?β–Ύ

Entry-level Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service positions typically start around $29,460 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Services earn the most?β–Ύ

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Services tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.