The annual salary statistics of postal service mail carriers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of postal service mail carriers in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $45,200 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $54,810 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service mail carriers in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky 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 $54,810. 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 | $54,810 | 2.32% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | $53,540 | 3.23% | - |
| 2020 | $51,810 | 0.14% | - |
| 2019 | $51,740 | 0.02% | - |
| 2018 | $51,730 | -6.50% | - |
| 2017 | $55,090 | -3.63% | - |
| 2016 | $57,090 | -1.12% | - |
| 2015 | $57,730 | 3.55% | - |
| 2014 | $55,680 | 1.62% | - |
| 2013 | $54,780 | -0.35% | - |
| 2012 | $54,970 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $54,810 in Louisville-Jefferson County is in the middle of salary range for postal service mail carriers in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service mail carriers in Louisville-Jefferson County is 1.5 percent (1.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Evansville and 9.2 percent (9.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Owensboro.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Evansville | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bowling Green | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Owensboro |