Postal Service

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

695k

2021

Average Employee Age

2021

Estimated Job Growth

584%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$56,383

2021

Average Male Salary

$59,673

2021

Average Female Salary

$51,980

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Postal Service Industry Group are postal service mail carriers, postal service clerks, and postal service mail sorters, processors, & processing machine operators. On average, full-time employees in the Postal Service Industry Group work 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $60,017. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,956.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Postal Service Industry Group are St. Louis County (Northeast) PUMA, MO, Thornton Township PUMA, IL, and Jacksonville City (North & West) PUMA, FL.

The workforce of Postal Service Industry Group in 2021 was 695,068 people, with 42.8% woman, and 57.2% men.

In 2021, 58.5% of the workforce in the Postal Service Industry Group was White (406,454 people), of which 41.6% were women and 58.4% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Postal Service Industry Group.

The workforce in Postal Service Industry Group was 695,068 people and is concentrated in California (72,010 workers). The average annual salary was $56,383, being $3,213 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.946%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (72k), New York (49.3k), and Texas (49.1k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Postal Service Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Postal Service Industry Group had an average annual wage of $56,383, $3,213 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Postal Service Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.254

WAGE GINI

Postal Service has a wage GINI of 0.254, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Postal Service (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Postal Service Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Postal Service Industry Group.

Postal service mail carriers are the most common position with 338,399 workers, but the Postal Service Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Postal service clerks and Postal service mail sorters, processors, & processing machine operators.

The highest average salary in Postal Service goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Postal Service Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were postal service mail carriers (338,399 people), postal service clerks (122,087 people), and postal service mail sorters, processors, & processing machine operators (62,215 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$59,673

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,164

$51,980

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,341

On average, Male workers in the Postal Service Industry Group make 1.15 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Postal Service Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Postal Service Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Postal Service Industry Group.

The Postal Service Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Postal Service is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Postal Service Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Postal Service Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Postal Service is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Postal Service Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Postal Service is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Postal Service Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Postal Service Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Postal Service Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 42.8% corresponds to women and 57.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $59,673 and $51,980.

82.1% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

297,261

Women

42.8%

397,807

Men

57.2%

The workforce of Postal Service industry in 2021 was 695,068 people, with 42.8% woman, and 57.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Postal Service industry.

Races

In 2021, 58.5% of the workforce in the Postal Service industry was White (406,454 people), of which 41.6% were women and 58.4% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Asian.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Postal Service workers in 2021 were some college (248,011 people), high school or equivalent (229,698 people), and bachelors degree (93,265 people).

The chart shows the Postal Service workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Postal service industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Postal service industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 584%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (637%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

584%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Postal service. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.