The annual salary statistics of postal service clerks in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of postal service clerks in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $39,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,130 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $53,440 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $60,800 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $68,310 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service clerks in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $68,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,770.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postal service clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $53,440 | 6.04% | 21.95% |
| 2021 | $50,210 | 2.21% | - |
| 2020 | $49,100 | 5.97% | - |
| 2019 | $46,170 | -0.69% | - |
| 2018 | $46,490 | 5.08% | - |
| 2017 | $44,130 | 5.48% | - |
| 2016 | $41,710 | -33.52% | - |
| 2015 | $55,690 | 25.10% | - |
| 2012 | $41,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $53,440 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for postal service clerks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service clerks in Watertown-Fort Drum is 8.7 percent (8.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Nassau-Suffolk and 19.3 percent (19.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.