SOC 43-5051.00

    Postal Service Clerks

    Perform any combination of tasks in a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office, such as receive letters and parcels; sell postage and revenue stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes; fill out and sell money orders; place mail in pigeon holes of mail rack or in bags; and examine mail for correct postage.

    Median pay
    $62,130
    Growth
    -0.3%
    Little or no change
    Openings a year
    5,300
    Typical education
    No formal credential

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $42,600
    Median
    $62,130
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $75,030
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    73,720 people work in this occupation.

    What postal service clerks do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    Perform any combination of tasks in a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office, such as receive letters and parcels; sell postage and revenue stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes; fill out and sell money orders; place mail in pigeon holes of mail rack or in bags; and examine mail for correct postage. Includes postal service clerks employed by USPS contractors.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R)
    37 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    0 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    0 / 100
    Social (S)
    26 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    28 / 100
    Conventional (C) · strongest
    93 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

    Interest code CRE. Compare it with yours

    What you'd do

    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    75
    Getting Information
    75
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    74
    Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
    71
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    71
    Handling and Moving Objects
    68
    Working with Computers
    67
    Processing Information
    66
    Communicating with People Outside the Organization
    65
    Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
    65
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Active Listening
    • Speaking
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Service Orientation
    • Critical Thinking
    • Monitoring
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Time Management
    • Judgment and Decision Making
    • Writing

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • English Language
    • Mathematics
    • Sales and Marketing
    • Administrative
    • Computers and Electronics
    • Transportation
    • Administration and Management
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Production and Processing

    Abilities

    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Near Vision
    • Speech Clarity
    • Speech Recognition
    • Written Comprehension
    • Category Flexibility
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Information Ordering
    • Manual Dexterity

    Work styles

    • Dependability
    • Attention to Detail
    • Integrity
    • Cooperation
    • Cautiousness
    • Self-Control
    • Social Orientation
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Optimism
    • Perseverance

    Also called

    Annuitant HCA (Annuitant Holiday Clerk Assistant) · Bulk Clerk · Bulk Mail Clerk · Bulk Mail Technician · Business Mail Entry Clerk · City Carrier · City Carrier Assistant (CCA) · Clerk · Counter Clerk · Delivery Associate

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.