The annual salary statistics of postal service mail carriers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of postal service mail carriers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $44,080 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,750 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,480 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service mail carriers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $71,340. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,480. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,080.
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 | $63,480 | 12.68% | 11.00% |
| 2021 | $55,430 | -17.30% | - |
| 2020 | $65,020 | 0.95% | - |
| 2019 | $64,400 | 2.97% | - |
| 2018 | $62,490 | 4.22% | - |
| 2017 | $59,850 | 0.00% | - |
| 2016 | $59,850 | 0.94% | - |
| 2015 | $59,290 | 3.51% | - |
| 2014 | $57,210 | 1.24% | - |
| 2013 | $56,500 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $56,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $63,480, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for postal service mail carriers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $70,110). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of postal service mail carriers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 9.5 percent (9.5%) lower.