Job outlook for postal mail carriers in the United States

Postal mail carrier job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

The projected postal mail carrier job growth rate is -6% from 2018-2028.
About -29,300 new jobs for postal mail carriers are projected over the next decade.
Postal mail carrier salaries have increased -12% for postal mail carriers in the last 5 years.
There are over 57,912 postal mail carriers currently employed in the United States.
There are 21,436 active postal mail carrier job openings in the US.
The average postal mail carrier salary is $35,935.

Are postal mail carrier jobs in demand?

No, postal mail carrier jobs are not in demand. Postal mail carrier demand is projected to decline -6% from 2018 to 2028.

Postal Mail Carrier job and salary trends over time

Compare the number of postal mail carrier jobs and the average postal mail carrier salary over time.

Postal Mail Carrier jobs over time

Postal Mail Carrier job growth rate over time

Year	# Of Jobs	% Of Population
2021	57,912	0.02%
2020	57,572	0.02%
2019	58,622	0.02%
2018	59,098	0.02%
2017	58,147	0.02%

Average postal mail carrier salary over time

Postal Mail Carrier salary by year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2025	$35,935	$17.28	--0.4%
2024	$36,097	$17.35	--7.1%
2023	$38,841	$18.67	--3.1%
2022	$40,100	$19.28	--1.9%
2021	$40,881	$19.65	--0.3%

Postal Mail Carrier jobs by state

The map below shows you the number of postal mail carrier job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where postal mail carriers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.

Average Salary: Job Openings:

Most common states for postal mail carriers

Rank	State	Population	# of Jobs	Employment/ 1000ppl
1	Colorado	5,607,154	86	2%
2	Rhode Island	1,059,639	17	2%
3	California	39,536,653	520	1%
4	Michigan	9,962,311	92	1%
5	Arizona	7,016,270	88	1%
6	Massachusetts	6,859,819	81	1%
7	Indiana	6,666,818	80	1%
8	New Jersey	9,005,644	69	1%
9	Washington	7,405,743	67	1%
10	Utah	3,101,833	46	1%
11	Oklahoma	3,930,864	37	1%
12	Connecticut	3,588,184	35	1%
13	Oregon	4,142,776	33	1%
14	Nevada	2,998,039	25	1%
15	Idaho	1,716,943	18	1%
16	New Hampshire	1,342,795	16	1%
17	South Dakota	869,666	12	1%
18	Montana	1,050,493	11	1%
19	Alaska	739,795	7	1%
20	North Dakota	755,393	7	1%

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