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Also called carrier, carrier associate, carrier driver and city carrier.
$60,550
Median pay a year
328,820
People do this work
6
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Routing mail
Delivering items
Providing notifications
Collecting deposits
Obtaining written authorization
Sorting mail
Packaging objects for shipping
Operating vehicles or moving equipment
Entering information
Recording shipping information
Maintaining financial records
Preparing documentation
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Postal Service Mail Carrier
Summary
Postal service mail carrier sorting and delivering mail for the United States Postal Service, driving or walking along set routes, answering customer questions, and maintaining accurate delivery records
Experience
Postal Service Mail Carrier
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Delivered mail to homes and businesses along set routes by walking or driving
Sorted mail for delivery, arranging it in the order to be delivered
Scanned labels on letters and parcels to confirm receipt
Obtained signed receipts for registered and certified mail and collected charges
Returned to the post office with mail collected from homes and businesses
Answered customers' questions about postal services and provided change of address cards
Maintained accurate records of deliveries and turned in money and receipts collected
Skills
Administration
Routing mail, Collecting deposits
Hands-On Work
Delivering items, Packaging objects for shipping, Operating vehicles or moving equipment
Core Skills
Obtaining written authorization, Driver's license, Providing notifications, Sorting mail
Technical Skills
Entering information, Recording shipping information
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Scanned labels on letters and parcelsCollected signed receipts for mailReturned to post office with mailSorted mail for delivery routesDelivered mail to homes and businessesKept records of deliveries
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Scanned labels on letters and parcels to confirm receipt and ensure accurate tracking.
Returned to the post office with collected mail from various locations, maintaining a reliable flow of deliveries.
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Scanned labels on letters and parcels to confirm receipt, resulting in fewer lost packages.
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Fewer lost packages occurredDelivery times improvedCustomers received mail on time
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Add how often you returned to the post office.
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Returned to the post office with collected mail from various locations, maintaining a reliable flow of deliveries.
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Several times each dayMultiple trips per shiftRegularly throughout the day
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The work itself
What a Postal Service Mail Carrier does
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Sort and deliver mail for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Deliver mail on established route by vehicle or on foot. Includes postal service mail carriers employed by USPS contractors.
What it pays
How much does a Postal Service Mail Carrier make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$48,940
Median
$60,550
75th percentile
$81,000
About 328,820 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$52,520
$59,880
$73,010
AL
$42,390
$57,700
$76,960
AR
$43,120
$59,700
$78,520
AZ
$49,960
$62,390
$81,040
CA
$51,130
$62,090
$81,040
CO
$51,130
$59,880
$76,770
CT
$48,940
$61,130
$81,040
DC
$51,130
$64,250
$81,040
DE
$46,510
$59,880
$81,000
FL
$48,940
$61,130
$81,000
GA
$42,390
$57,700
$76,960
HI
$52,520
$59,880
$81,040
IA
$48,940
$59,880
$75,440
ID
$43,120
$57,820
$75,190
IL
$51,110
$62,070
$81,040
IN
$48,940
$59,880
$77,290
KS
$48,940
$58,540
$76,960
KY
$44,160
$58,910
$76,960
LA
$44,160
$58,910
$78,460
MA
$52,190
$62,070
$81,040
MD
$49,960
$62,070
$81,040
ME
$51,110
$59,010
$76,770
MI
$48,940
$59,880
$79,580
MN
$51,130
$59,990
$76,770
MO
$48,940
$59,880
$78,270
MS
$42,390
$57,470
$75,820
MT
$48,940
$59,010
$73,010
NC
$43,120
$59,990
$81,000
ND
$48,940
$59,010
$72,840
NE
$48,940
$59,880
$75,190
NH
$52,190
$59,990
$74,550
NJ
$51,130
$61,130
$81,040
NM
$50,290
$59,880
$79,580
NV
$49,960
$62,070
$81,040
NY
$51,130
$62,070
$81,040
OH
$51,130
$61,130
$81,000
OK
$44,160
$59,880
$77,940
OR
$51,130
$59,400
$73,010
PA
$51,110
$59,880
$80,600
PR
$53,390
$57,700
$76,770
RI
$51,130
$63,610
$81,040
SC
$42,390
$57,700
$73,010
SD
$44,160
$60,760
$75,190
TN
$42,390
$58,570
$77,460
TX
$44,160
$60,550
$80,500
UT
$51,110
$59,880
$79,980
VA
$48,940
$62,070
$79,580
VT
$48,940
$59,010
$75,190
WA
$51,130
$59,990
$79,580
WI
$51,110
$59,880
$76,960
WV
$43,120
$57,700
$75,520
WY
$51,110
$59,880
$75,190
Other names
Other names for this job
carrier, carrier associate, carrier driver, city carrier, city carrier assistant, CCA, city letter carrier, city mail carrier, clerk carrier, delivery route carrier, letter carrier, mail carrier.
More names for this work
mail carrier technician, parcel post carrier, postal carrier, postal mail carrier, route carrier, rural carrier, rural carrier associate, RCA, rural carrier associate professional, rural letter carrier, rural mail carrier, rural route carrier, rural route mail carrier, special delivery mail carrier, united states postal service letter carrier, united states postal service mail carrier, usps letter carrier, usps mail carrier, collector, delivery and mail sorter, mail clerk, mail deliverer, mail delivery driver, mail messenger, mail rider, mailman, postman, rca professional, registered route associate, special delivery messenger.
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What you have not done yet. Obtaining written authorization, Sorting mail, Packaging objects for shipping
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Postal Service Mail Carrier
Routing mail
Delivering items
Providing notifications
Collecting deposits
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This page is about the occupation Postal Service Mail Carriers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.