Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$92,730

National average

Salary Range

$81,430 – $109,140

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$108,240$93,450$134,310
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$106,490$92,360$129,080
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$103,830$91,690$138,150
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$101,670$87,500$136,170
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$100,860$88,320$111,450
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$100,460$86,070$129,920
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$100,210$88,520$120,430
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$100,190$86,200$122,890
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$99,590$87,760$126,550
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$99,470$87,210$131,620
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$99,130$88,520$119,100
Florida$98,990$86,320$122,430
Greensboro-High Point, NC$98,950$86,320$131,750
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$98,840$90,880$116,850
Rhode Island$98,720$86,670$115,170
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$98,700$86,090$122,160
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$98,640$87,090$109,140
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$98,550$85,490$115,170
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$98,460$87,050$119,390
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$98,380$86,320$116,480
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$98,220$87,130$109,870
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$98,030$86,920$111,470
Oklahoma City, OK$98,030$86,320$138,150
Puerto Rico$97,500$89,770$109,870
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$97,360$87,940$118,870
Cleveland, OH$97,240$86,860$120,700
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$97,200$86,320$116,190
Pittsburgh, PA$97,160$88,300$109,140
California$97,050$81,520$118,460
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$96,960$86,130$107,350
New Jersey$96,900$85,340$110,740
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$96,450$84,140$109,140
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$96,240$80,830$111,720
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$96,200$82,530$125,130
Tulsa, OK$96,200$87,960$124,820
Knoxville, TN$96,160$88,210$109,140
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$96,010$85,010$124,260
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$95,580$82,910$112,670
Tennessee$95,470$87,150$109,140
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$95,470$86,320$106,520
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$95,120$86,320$109,140
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$95,010$79,480$119,100
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$95,010$84,680$112,900
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$94,990$83,660$110,490
Kentucky$94,870$86,320$109,660
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$94,740$86,320$107,350
Utah$94,720$71,300$109,140
St. Louis, MO-IL$94,620$85,920$114,230
Delaware$94,550$85,800$109,870
South Carolina$94,520$85,780$112,400
Arizona$94,410$74,940$115,750
Columbus, OH$94,390$87,150$108,490
Connecticut$94,370$83,820$110,240
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$94,260$87,130$109,500
Rochester, NY$94,120$87,150$106,100
Georgia$94,120$84,680$108,080
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$94,120$82,740$113,190
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$94,120$69,310$116,810
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$94,080$85,490$101,940
Indiana$94,060$85,880$109,870
Texas$94,060$84,260$110,410
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$94,000$86,090$101,250
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$93,950$86,840$108,200
Michigan$93,940$85,840$109,870
Arkansas$93,930$86,260$109,140
Hawaii$93,910$82,620$114,000
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$93,910$86,320$100,570
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$93,600$86,800$112,690
Richmond, VA$93,560$85,490$118,370
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$93,540$85,490$103,130
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$93,360$85,490$114,770
Massachusetts$93,230$85,130$111,200
New York$93,230$85,490$109,140
Ohio$93,230$86,240$107,400
Pennsylvania$93,100$81,870$106,600
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$93,100$86,010$103,360
Wisconsin$93,080$85,160$106,850
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$93,060$82,310$125,280
Syracuse, NY$93,020$85,490$109,870
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$93,020$84,510$107,990
West Virginia$92,900$85,490$101,800
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$92,890$86,240$113,300
Louisiana$92,870$83,470$106,180
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$92,790$81,330$112,610
North Carolina$92,780$84,680$109,870
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$92,770$82,470$102,170
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$92,710$85,030$106,290
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$92,630$69,330$103,190
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$92,600$83,950$107,410
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$92,600$86,550$101,250
Birmingham, AL$92,580$85,240$115,980
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$92,540$86,320$102,340
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$92,540$87,150$99,470
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$92,520$86,590$103,420
Worcester, MA$92,470$85,490$109,140
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$92,460$82,970$102,360
Oklahoma$92,450$85,490$105,600
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$92,230$83,010$99,740
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$92,210$87,150$103,600
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$92,160$85,490$108,950
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$92,150$84,840$102,150
Alabama$92,120$84,680$107,970
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$92,050$86,380$101,250
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$92,020$84,840$98,950
Utica-Rome, NY$91,980$86,610$101,250
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$91,980$83,490$101,250
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$91,930$86,170$104,920
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$91,920$85,800$100,940
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$91,850$84,260$101,250
Kansas City, MO-KS$91,810$85,490$112,380
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$91,810$85,450$101,250
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$91,810$82,010$101,250
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$91,770$85,280$99,470
Missouri$91,750$83,740$105,410
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$91,710$87,440$103,540
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$91,690$84,260$102,730
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$91,600$79,060$100,610
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$91,520$85,530$102,550
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$91,500$82,220$108,510
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$91,460$79,060$101,250
Washington$91,370$75,650$109,870
Illinois$91,370$83,820$106,020
Portland-South Portland, ME$91,330$79,750$111,920
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$91,330$82,450$100,570
Mississippi$91,310$83,840$109,140
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$91,310$82,220$105,600
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$91,300$83,010$101,130
Maryland$91,150$81,200$104,350
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$90,940$80,770$98,430
Lancaster, PA$90,900$79,060$107,430
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$90,900$84,220$100,940
Virginia$90,520$83,700$107,270
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$90,490$79,910$104,470
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$90,480$81,270$104,120
Maine$90,250$71,120$103,290
New Hampshire$90,080$79,560$103,940
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$90,080$82,910$102,880
Barnstable Town, MA$89,890$78,890$98,760
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$89,880$84,680$99,470
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$89,860$76,960$100,030
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$89,770$79,500$96,930
Nebraska$89,710$80,200$101,250
Iowa$89,670$82,220$100,440
Minnesota$89,670$80,060$101,250
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$89,640$84,870$101,670
Kansas$89,610$82,210$101,250
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$89,540$84,070$101,250
Oregon$89,520$68,640$104,230
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$89,500$79,710$100,880
Colorado$89,480$69,310$105,620
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$89,420$80,310$100,010
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$89,340$84,800$99,380
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$89,280$79,120$99,470
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$88,960$81,410$100,570
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$88,880$79,060$99,470
Idaho$88,780$70,010$106,680
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$88,780$76,170$99,240
South Dakota$88,730$67,370$104,750
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$88,720$70,030$99,610
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$88,690$76,380$98,400
Baton Rouge, LA$88,650$82,160$100,460
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$88,590$82,350$96,410
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$88,590$79,060$101,250
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$88,460$84,070$100,570
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$88,340$80,890$100,570
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$88,230$79,560$97,610
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$88,130$83,910$104,520
New Mexico$87,980$58,220$105,730
North Dakota$87,980$58,320$100,910
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$87,980$57,640$99,470
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$87,980$58,470$100,570
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$87,980$73,470$99,470
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$87,980$81,890$100,610
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$87,940$69,370$99,470
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$87,900$67,370$104,040
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$87,880$79,440$96,160
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$87,790$48,920$99,200
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$87,700$71,950$103,310
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$87,470$55,970$100,570
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$87,460$79,060$99,300
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$87,350$82,080$96,760
Vermont$87,150$80,700$98,800
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$87,150$70,620$101,250
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$87,150$81,180$94,290
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$87,150$70,680$97,910
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$87,150$79,060$98,900
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$87,150$52,310$98,510
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$87,150$81,010$97,860
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$86,990$79,730$99,990
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$86,700$50,360$100,570
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$86,640$73,570$99,470
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$86,380$67,370$100,940
Nevada$86,320$48,110$126,050
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$86,320$69,950$97,970
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$86,310$70,010$99,470
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$85,990$70,370$98,800
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$85,490$75,710$91,000
Montana$85,320$49,340$100,210
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$85,320$67,370$99,590
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$85,160$49,360$94,920
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$84,680$49,360$95,680
Wyoming$82,620$49,320$95,680
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$81,430$48,920$100,570
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$77,850$49,300$97,320
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$70,610$48,900$94,120
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$69,850$48,010$100,730
Alaska$57,490$49,360$97,070
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$56,910$49,360$88,820

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Postmasters and Mail Superintendents make?▾

The median annual salary for a Postmasters and Mail Superintendents is $92,730, with a typical range of $81,430 – $109,140 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Postmasters and Mail Superintendents positions typically start around $81,430 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Postmasters and Mail Superintendentss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.