The annual salary statistics of postal service mail carriers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of postal service mail carriers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 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 | $43,020 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,820 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $71,340 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service mail carriers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington 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 $58,820. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,020.
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 | $58,820 | 7.70% | 3.94% |
| 2021 | $54,290 | 1.25% | - |
| 2020 | $53,610 | -10.11% | - |
| 2019 | $59,030 | -4.49% | - |
| 2018 | $61,680 | 4.23% | - |
| 2017 | $59,070 | -1.24% | - |
| 2016 | $59,800 | 0.87% | - |
| 2015 | $59,280 | 3.51% | - |
| 2014 | $57,200 | 1.22% | - |
| 2013 | $56,500 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $56,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,820 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is in the middle of salary range for postal service mail carriers in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service mail carriers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is .4 percent (.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Tacoma and 23.8 percent (23.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area.