The annual salary statistics of postal service mail carriers in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage information of postal service mail carriers in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $39,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,640 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $52,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $72,550 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service mail carriers in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $72,550. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $52,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,640.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postal service mail carriers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $52,850 | 7.80% | -3.99% |
| 2021 | $48,730 | -0.41% | - |
| 2020 | $48,930 | 4.56% | - |
| 2019 | $46,700 | -19.70% | - |
| 2018 | $55,900 | 3.81% | - |
| 2017 | $53,770 | 3.46% | - |
| 2016 | $51,910 | -10.38% | - |
| 2015 | $57,300 | 3.18% | - |
| 2014 | $55,480 | 2.02% | - |
| 2013 | $54,360 | -1.10% | - |
| 2012 | $54,960 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $52,850 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for postal service mail carriers in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service mail carriers in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 1.0 percent (1.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Birmingham-Hoover and 9.6 percent (9.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Montgomery.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley | |
| Mobile | |
| Huntsville | |
| Decatur | |
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Gadsden | |
| Dothan | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Montgomery |