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
Northwest Balance of State 10041N/A$2.04/hrN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
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
Manufacturing10$20.37/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
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A $14.60/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
Related Occupations
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Packers and Packagers, Hand560$13.09/hrN/A
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators480$18.16/hrN/A
Procurement Clerks110$18.42/hrN/A
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers20$22.77/hrN/A
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping10$19.28/hrN/A
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural ProductsN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service