Highest-paying Cities for Postal Service Mail Carriers

The top 100 highest paying cities for postal service mail carriers (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 postal service mail carriers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $70,110, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for postal service mail carriers. It is followed by Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey (average annual salary $63,480). 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 postal service mail carriers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Postal Service Mail Carriers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$70,110	$44,780	4,460
2	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$63,480	$39,640	420
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$63,480	$44,080	1,530
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$62,820	$39,350	11,260
5	Modesto, California	$61,530	$39,640	400
6	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$60,430	$39,640	670
7	Bismarck, North Dakota	$59,920	$40,390	110
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$59,850	$33,420	9,570
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$59,850	$33,420	3,750
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$59,850	$33,420	1,900
11	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$59,850	$33,420	2,250
12	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$59,840	$33,420	8,420
13	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$59,840	$33,420	2,400
14	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$59,840	$33,420	1,900
15	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$59,840	$33,420	990
16	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$59,840	$33,420	3,740
17	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$59,840	$33,420	2,380
18	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$59,840	$33,420	2,960
19	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$59,840	$33,420	1,440
20	Framingham, Massachusetts	$59,840	$33,420	380
21	Peabody, Massachusetts	$59,840	$33,420	210
22	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$59,840	$33,420	170
23	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$59,840	$33,420	2,860
24	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$59,570	$39,640	5,370
25	Bloomington, Indiana	$59,570	$39,640	200
26	Missoula, Montana	$59,530	$40,390	90
27	South Western Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$59,460	$33,420	40
28	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$59,380	$36,190	330
29	Lawrence, Kansas	$59,210	$39,640	100
30	Lima, Ohio	$59,200	$39,350	120
31	Tacoma, Washington	$59,070	$33,420	760
32	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$59,070	$33,420	2,950
33	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$59,060	$36,190	4,440
34	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$58,820	$43,020	3,130
35	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$58,670	$33,420	40
36	Camden, New Jersey	$58,270	$33,420	1,470
37	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$57,880	$33,420	200
38	Fargo, North Dakota	$57,780	$39,640	250
39	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$57,780	$39,640	1,950
40	St Cloud, Minnesota	$57,780	$39,640	200
41	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$57,780	$39,640	1,970
42	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$57,780	$39,640	140
43	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$57,620	$39,640	3,600
44	Napa, California	$57,620	$44,080	150
45	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$57,620	$39,640	410
46	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,620	$39,350	21,640
47	Salinas, California	$57,620	$39,640	280
48	Salt Lake City, Utah	$57,620	$39,640	960
49	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$57,620	$39,350	120
50	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$57,620	$39,350	1,240
51	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$57,620	$40,390	150
52	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$57,620	$39,640	310
53	Stockton, California	$57,620	$39,640	560
54	Winchester, West Virginia	$57,620	$39,640	100
55	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$57,620	$39,640	6,440
56	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$57,620	$39,640	370
57	Reading, Pennsylvania	$57,620	$39,640	380
58	Bay City, Michigan	$57,620	$39,640	130
59	Bloomington, Illinois	$57,620	$39,640	180
60	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$57,620	$39,640	10,440
61	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$57,620	$43,870	2,250
62	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri	$57,620	$39,640	120
63	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$57,620	$39,640	2,320
64	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$57,620	$39,640	640
65	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$57,620	$39,640	560
66	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$57,620	$39,640	330
67	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$57,620	$39,640	1,910
68	Monroe, Michigan	$57,530	$39,640	140
69	Wilmington, New Jersey	$57,480	$33,420	830
70	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$57,430	$39,640	3,330
71	Kansas City, Missouri	$57,430	$39,640	2,220
72	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$57,430	$39,640	460
73	Gainesville, Georgia	$57,430	$39,640	170
74	Dubuque, Iowa	$57,220	$39,640	120
75	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$57,210	$41,460	2,610
76	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$57,210	$34,510	3,050
77	Honolulu, Hawaii	$57,210	$53,820	770
78	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$57,210	$34,510	11,610
79	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$57,210	$53,730	2,840
80	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$57,200	$34,510	1,320
81	Lafayette, Indiana	$57,200	$34,510	180
82	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$57,200	$34,500	11,710
83	Sandusky, Ohio	$57,200	$34,500	80
84	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$57,200	$34,500	350
85	Iowa City, Iowa	$57,120	$39,640	150
86	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$57,060	$39,640	100
87	Victoria, Texas	$56,990	$39,640	100
88	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$56,900	$36,190	2,220
89	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$56,820	$39,640	100
90	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$56,800	$39,640	90
91	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$56,800	$39,640	710
92	Tucson, Arizona	$56,800	$39,350	890
93	Boulder, Colorado	$56,800	$43,870	410
94	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$56,510	$39,640	2,500
95	Jackson, Tennessee	$56,510	$39,640	130
96	Longview, Texas	$56,310	$39,640	250
97	Anderson, Indiana	$56,300	$31,840	160
98	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$56,180	$33,420	5,490
99	Pocatello, Idaho	$56,050	$39,350	70
100	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$55,990	$39,640	1,000

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for postal service mail carriers.