DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

43-9051 Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

Occupational Description:
Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Time-stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA1,580160$16.45/hr$0.41/hr$12.50/hr$13.47/hr$15.08/hr$18.92/hr$22.93/hr
Minnesota 2,450262$16.31/hr$0.33/hr$11.68/hr$13.10/hr$15.03/hr$19.05/hr$23.20/hr
U S 83,5802,090$15.87/hr$0.08/hr$10.40/hr$12.37/hr$15.07/hr$18.71/hr$22.92/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Professional and Business Services740$15.04/hr
Financial Activities380$14.35/hr
Manufacturing280$16.64/hr
Education and Health Services50$19.28/hr
Public Administration50$20.19/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities20$15.70/hr
Other Regional Data For Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 1,580 $15.08/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 280 $13.61/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 120 $18.57/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 100 N/A N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 40 $12.15/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 20 $16.34/hr N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A $14.85/hr N/A
Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A $14.34/hr N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A $14.60/hr N/A
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Packers and Packagers, Hand6,650$13.80/hrN/A
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators5,670$21.76/hrN/A
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers1,740$19.28/hrN/A
Procurement Clerks770$21.58/hrN/A
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic420$14.32/hrN/A
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping360$17.91/hrN/A
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products250$16.71/hrN/A
Tasks for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service