Highest-paying Cities for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators (Except Postal Service)

The top 100 highest paying cities for mail clerks and mail machine operators (except postal service) (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of mail clerks and mail machine operators (except postal service) in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $46,300, Danbury, Connecticut is the highest paying city for mail clerks and mail machine operators (except postal service). It is followed by Pine Bluff, Arkansas (average annual salary $45,610). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of mail clerks and mail machine operators (except postal service) in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators (Except Postal Service)

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Danbury, Connecticut	$46,300	$41,390	n/a
2	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$45,610	$28,310	30
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$44,020	$32,650	550
4	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$44,010	$31,920	n/a
5	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$43,580	$19,420	40
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$43,040	$33,130	140
7	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$42,970	$33,430	440
8	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$42,400	$33,240	690
9	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$41,600	$29,640	50
10	Springfield, Massachusetts	$40,400	$30,840	100
11	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$40,160	$32,070	380
12	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$39,720	$29,940	370
13	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$39,590	$30,520	300
14	Worcester, Massachusetts	$39,580	$30,680	100
15	Memphis, Tennessee	$39,520	$29,590	300
16	Salem, Oregon	$39,500	$27,550	70
17	Gainesville, Florida	$39,300	$22,830	110
18	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$39,230	$31,580	380
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$39,210	$35,970	1,030
20	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$39,120	$26,020	510
21	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$39,060	$20,820	40
22	Charleston, West Virginia	$38,790	$22,880	80
23	Fresno, California	$38,770	$31,840	60
24	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$38,690	$30,810	350
25	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$38,660	$27,790	60
26	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$38,530	$33,510	50
27	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,450	$30,530	7,270
28	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$38,360	$23,830	100
29	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$38,310	$19,270	70
30	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$38,290	$33,240	30
31	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$38,120	$29,280	160
32	Kingston, New York	$38,120	$33,580	40
33	Utica-Rome, New York	$38,070	$29,790	80
34	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$38,070	$29,120	1,320
35	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$38,040	$29,620	140
36	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$38,030	$26,590	100
37	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$38,020	$24,110	460
38	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$38,010	$25,760	90
39	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,770	$30,980	60
40	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$37,690	$27,460	530
41	Rochester, New York	$37,680	$29,690	320
42	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$37,510	$27,930	50
43	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$37,500	$32,170	420
44	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$37,480	$30,890	70
45	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$37,450	$31,440	30
46	Anchorage, Alaska	$37,440	$23,760	40
47	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,440	$23,570	490
48	Boulder, Colorado	$37,400	$27,880	30
49	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,320	$32,040	1,120
50	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$37,190	$22,980	30
51	Modesto, California	$37,190	$29,120	30
52	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$37,190	$19,960	60
53	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,180	$27,820	n/a
54	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$37,180	$27,540	90
55	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$37,170	$26,000	30
56	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$37,140	$28,220	30
57	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$37,020	$24,480	410
58	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$37,000	$32,400	30
59	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$36,980	$29,110	140
60	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,930	$28,520	2,020
61	Iowa City, Iowa	$36,860	$28,150	60
62	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$36,840	$31,040	40
63	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,710	$29,330	240
64	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$36,620	$25,050	2,120
65	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$36,580	$27,590	410
66	Reading, Pennsylvania	$36,550	$22,680	240
67	New Haven, Connecticut	$36,470	$29,700	110
68	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$36,400	$26,800	160
69	Salt Lake City, Utah	$36,370	$23,290	760
70	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$36,370	$28,850	50
71	Tallahassee, Florida	$36,360	$21,840	70
72	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$36,360	$24,420	250
73	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$36,330	$20,340	3,250
74	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$36,310	$29,870	40
75	Glens Falls, New York	$36,300	$28,950	30
76	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$36,250	$23,150	270
77	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$36,220	$26,460	60
78	Columbus, Georgia	$36,220	$25,810	90
79	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$36,040	$29,470	40
80	Stockton, California	$35,930	$33,580	40
81	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$35,880	$31,050	800
82	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$35,800	$23,940	450
83	Tucson, Arizona	$35,780	$27,360	140
84	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$35,780	$28,130	2,020
85	Syracuse, New York	$35,770	$27,460	190
86	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$35,770	$22,520	720
87	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$35,770	$27,460	170
88	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$35,740	$28,930	510
89	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$35,700	$25,940	1,550
90	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$35,680	$30,160	220
91	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$35,650	$28,590	30
92	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$35,560	$20,800	130
93	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$35,530	$22,310	740
94	St Louis, Missouri	$35,520	$28,530	610
95	Columbus, Ohio	$35,470	$25,650	570
96	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$35,460	$29,060	90
97	Lincoln, Nebraska	$35,460	$22,920	110
98	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$35,450	$28,020	40
99	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$35,420	$25,770	210
100	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$35,410	$30,240	260

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for mail clerks and mail machine operators (except postal service).