The annual salary statistics of postal service mail carriers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of postal service mail carriers in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | $39,640 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $53,680 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $72,550 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service mail carriers in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $72,550. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,680. 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 | $53,680 | 3.78% | -4.04% |
| 2021 | $51,650 | 1.80% | - |
| 2020 | $50,720 | -2.01% | - |
| 2019 | $51,740 | -4.43% | - |
| 2018 | $54,030 | 2.81% | - |
| 2017 | $52,510 | -8.42% | - |
| 2016 | $56,930 | -0.11% | - |
| 2015 | $56,990 | 3.00% | - |
| 2014 | $55,280 | 1.52% | - |
| 2013 | $54,440 | -2.59% | - |
| 2012 | $55,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $53,680 in Brownsville-Harlingen is in the middle of salary range for postal service mail carriers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service mail carriers in Brownsville-Harlingen is 9.1 percent (9.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Plano-Irving and 9.1 percent (9.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood.