The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $59,800, Virgin Islands is the highest paying state for postal service mail carriers. It is followed by Massachusetts (average annual salary $57,620). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgin Islands | $59,800 |
$39,350 | 40 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | $57,620 |
$39,640 | 7,530 |
| 3 | California | $57,620 |
$39,640 | 32,540 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | $56,800 |
$39,350 | 1,050 |
| 5 | Arizona | $55,990 |
$39,640 | 5,260 |
| 6 | Minnesota | $55,640 |
$39,640 | 5,620 |
| 7 | New Jersey | $55,640 |
$39,350 | 9,990 |
| 8 | New York | $55,640 |
$39,640 | 21,210 |
| 9 | Illinois | $55,640 |
$39,640 | 14,720 |
| 10 | Maryland | $55,640 |
$39,640 | 6,580 |
| 11 | Washington | $55,640 |
$39,640 | 6,130 |
| 12 | Ohio | $55,640 |
$39,640 | 12,440 |
| 13 | Colorado | $55,640 |
$39,640 | 4,810 |
| 14 | Indiana | $55,620 |
$39,640 | 6,630 |
| 15 | Utah | $55,390 |
$39,640 | 2,300 |
| 16 | Rhode Island | $54,820 |
$39,640 | 1,230 |
| 17 | Nevada | $54,250 |
$39,350 | 2,670 |
| 18 | North Carolina | $54,250 |
$39,640 | 10,630 |
| 19 | Nebraska | $54,020 |
$39,640 | 2,160 |
| 20 | Delaware | $53,850 |
$39,640 | 1,070 |
| 21 | Texas | $53,790 |
$39,640 | 26,640 |
| 22 | South Dakota | $53,790 |
$39,640 | 900 |
| 23 | Michigan | $53,680 |
$39,640 | 11,770 |
| 24 | Florida | $53,680 |
$39,640 | 21,110 |
| 25 | Iowa | $53,680 |
$39,640 | 3,770 |
| 26 | Virginia | $53,680 |
$39,640 | 8,080 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | $53,680 |
$39,640 | 6,410 |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | $53,680 |
$39,640 | 13,670 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | $53,680 |
$39,640 | 4,080 |
| 30 | Missouri | $53,680 |
$39,640 | 7,330 |
| 31 | Kansas | $53,530 |
$39,640 | 3,300 |
| 32 | Tennessee | $53,370 |
$39,640 | 6,920 |
| 33 | Idaho | $52,850 |
$39,640 | 1,540 |
| 34 | Kentucky | $52,850 |
$39,640 | 4,430 |
| 35 | Montana | $52,850 |
$39,640 | 810 |
| 36 | New Hampshire | $52,850 |
$39,640 | 1,470 |
| 37 | North Dakota | $52,810 |
$39,640 | 840 |
| 38 | Connecticut | $52,810 |
$39,640 | 4,740 |
| 39 | Louisiana | $51,730 |
$39,640 | 5,070 |
| 40 | Oregon | $51,730 |
$39,640 | 3,610 |
| 41 | Georgia | $51,710 |
$39,640 | 10,550 |
| 42 | Maine | $51,710 |
$39,640 | 1,480 |
| 43 | South Carolina | $51,710 |
$39,640 | 5,180 |
| 44 | Alabama | $51,710 |
$39,640 | 5,660 |
| 45 | Hawaii | $51,710 |
$39,350 | 1,300 |
| 46 | Arkansas | $51,710 |
$39,640 | 3,140 |
| 47 | Vermont | $51,590 |
$39,640 | 710 |
| 48 | New Mexico | $51,450 |
$39,640 | 1,690 |
| 49 | West Virginia | $51,130 |
$39,640 | 1,830 |
| 50 | Mississippi | $50,170 |
$39,640 | 3,230 |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $49,920 |
$39,350 | 1,260 |
| 52 | Wyoming | $49,750 |
$39,350 | 450 |
| 53 | Alaska | $49,750 |
$39,350 | 520 |
| 54 | Guam | $44,080 |
$39,350 | 50 |