Occupational employment / Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.
Estimates for "Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators" are below, ordered by total employment.
| Area | Total employment | Mean hourly wage | Mean annual wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 5,050 | Not available | Not available |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 17,300 | Not available | Not available |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 12,520 | Not available | Not available |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 8,680 | Not available | Not available |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 8,590 | Not available | Not available |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 8,230 | Not available | Not available |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 6,870 | Not available | Not available |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 5,630 | Not available | Not available |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 5,320 | Not available | Not available |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 4,680 | Not available | Not available |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 4,180 | Not available | Not available |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 4,040 | Not available | Not available |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 3,670 | Not available | Not available |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 3,560 | Not available | Not available |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 3,560 | Not available | Not available |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 3,280 | Not available | Not available |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 3,130 | Not available | Not available |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 2,810 | Not available | Not available |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 2,740 | Not available | Not available |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 2,550 | Not available | Not available |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 2,540 | Not available | Not available |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 2,390 | Not available | Not available |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,360 | Not available | Not available |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 2,340 | Not available | Not available |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,320 | Not available | Not available |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 2,280 | Not available | Not available |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 2,240 | Not available | Not available |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2,200 | Not available | Not available |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 2,180 | Not available | Not available |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 2,040 | Not available | Not available |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 2,000 | Not available | Not available |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,910 | Not available | Not available |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,850 | Not available | Not available |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,830 | Not available | Not available |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,720 | Not available | Not available |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 1,720 | Not available | Not available |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 1,660 | Not available | Not available |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,600 | Not available | Not available |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1,530 | Not available | Not available |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,520 | Not available | Not available |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,420 | Not available | Not available |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,390 | Not available | Not available |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,390 | Not available | Not available |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 1,360 | Not available | Not available |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1,350 | Not available | Not available |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 1,330 | Not available | Not available |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 1,300 | Not available | Not available |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 1,290 | Not available | Not available |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,280 | Not available | Not available |
| Columbus, OH | 1,240 | Not available | Not available |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,230 | Not available | Not available |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 1,230 | Not available | Not available |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 1,110 | Not available | Not available |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 1,070 | Not available | Not available |
| Richmond, VA | 1,050 | Not available | Not available |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1,050 | Not available | Not available |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,030 | Not available | Not available |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 990 | Not available | Not available |
| San Antonio, TX | 970 | Not available | Not available |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 920 | Not available | Not available |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 880 | Not available | Not available |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 870 | Not available | Not available |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 860 | Not available | Not available |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 830 | Not available | Not available |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 830 | Not available | Not available |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 810 | Not available | Not available |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 810 | Not available | Not available |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 790 | Not available | Not available |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 780 | Not available | Not available |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 770 | Not available | Not available |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 760 | Not available | Not available |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 760 | Not available | Not available |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 740 | Not available | Not available |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 710 | Not available | Not available |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 710 | Not available | Not available |
| Rochester, NY | 700 | Not available | Not available |
| New Haven, CT | 690 | Not available | Not available |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 680 | Not available | Not available |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 680 | Not available | Not available |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 630 | Not available | Not available |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 610 | Not available | Not available |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 610 | Not available | Not available |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 600 | Not available | Not available |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 600 | Not available | Not available |
| Honolulu, HI | 580 | Not available | Not available |
| Tulsa, OK | 580 | Not available | Not available |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 570 | Not available | Not available |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 570 | Not available | Not available |
| Albuquerque, NM | 560 | Not available | Not available |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 550 | Not available | Not available |
| Columbia, SC | 530 | Not available | Not available |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 500 | Not available | Not available |
| Madison, WI | 490 | Not available | Not available |
| Knoxville, TN | 480 | Not available | Not available |
| Dayton, OH | 470 | Not available | Not available |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 470 | Not available | Not available |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 460 | Not available | Not available |
| Lancaster, PA | 440 | Not available | Not available |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 440 | Not available | Not available |
| Akron, OH | 430 | Not available | Not available |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 430 | Not available | Not available |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 430 | Not available | Not available |
| Syracuse, NY | 410 | Not available | Not available |
| Greenville, SC | 400 | Not available | Not available |
| Stockton, CA | 390 | Not available | Not available |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 390 | Not available | Not available |
| Fayetteville, NC | 380 | Not available | Not available |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 380 | Not available | Not available |
| Manchester, NH | 380 | Not available | Not available |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Wichita, KS | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 360 | Not available | Not available |
| Tucson, AZ | 360 | Not available | Not available |
| Springfield, MO | 360 | Not available | Not available |
| Roanoke, VA | 350 | Not available | Not available |
| Jackson, MS | 350 | Not available | Not available |
| Bakersfield, CA | 340 | Not available | Not available |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 340 | Not available | Not available |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 330 | Not available | Not available |
| Toledo, OH | 330 | Not available | Not available |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 330 | Not available | Not available |
| Montgomery, AL | 330 | Not available | Not available |
| Fresno, CA | 320 | Not available | Not available |
| Charleston, WV | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 300 | Not available | Not available |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 290 | Not available | Not available |
| Spokane, WA | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Anchorage, AK | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Springfield, IL | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Macon, GA | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Flint, MI | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Tyler, TX | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Gainesville, FL | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Rockford, IL | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Asheville, NC | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Mobile, AL | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Green Bay, WI | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Lakeland, FL | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| El Paso, TX | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Waco, TX | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Reading, PA | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Peoria, IL | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Huntsville, AL | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Bangor, ME | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Lubbock, TX | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Billings, MT | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Lincoln, NE | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Lafayette, LA | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Columbia, MO | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Amarillo, TX | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Salem, OR | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Savannah, GA | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Wausau, WI | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Topeka, KS | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Charlottesville, VA | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| St. Cloud, MN | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Lynchburg, VA | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Tallahassee, FL | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Florence, SC | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Erie, PA | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Binghamton, NY | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Boulder, CO | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Johnstown, PA | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Mansfield, OH | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Terre Haute, IN | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Redding, CA | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Yuba City, CA | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Abilene, TX | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Eau Claire, WI | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Albany, GA | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Lafayette, IN | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Rochester, MN | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Midland, TX | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Olympia, WA | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Salinas, CA | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Cheyenne, WY | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Muncie, IN | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Altoona, PA | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Kokomo, IN | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Medford, OR | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Pocatello, ID | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Bloomington, IN | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Bowling Green, KY | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Grand Junction, CO | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Lima, OH | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Elmira, NY | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Alexandria, LA | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Missoula, MT | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Durham, NC | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Bismarck, ND | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Rapid City, SD | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Lake Charles, LA | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Williamsport, PA | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Jackson, MI | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Wenatchee, WA | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| York-Hanover, PA | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Waterbury, CT | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Johnson City, TN | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Casper, WY | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Great Falls, MT | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| La Crosse, WI-MN | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Jackson, TN | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Bend, OR | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Yakima, WA | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Glens Falls, NY | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Monroe, LA | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Las Cruces, NM | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Jefferson City, MO | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Santa Fe, NM | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Jonesboro, AR | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Ocala, FL | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Valdosta, GA | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Dubuque, IA | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Owensboro, KY | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Columbus, IN | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Kingston, NY | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Pine Bluff, AR | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Victoria, TX | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Prescott, AZ | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Danbury, CT | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Racine, WI | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Hot Springs, AR | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Lawton, OK | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Dothan, AL | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Wilmington, NC | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| State College, PA | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Janesville, WI | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Greeley, CO | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Pittsfield, MA | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Salisbury, MD | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Chico, CA | 30 | Not available | Not available |
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