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
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,440149$16.75/hr$0.46/hr$12.75/hr$13.68/hr$15.22/hr$19.22/hr$23.23/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 Services670$15.15/hr
Financial Activities380$14.35/hr
Manufacturing280$16.60/hr
Public Administration50$20.19/hr
Education and Health Services40$20.07/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 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,440 $15.22/hr -6.9%
Southeast Minnesota 310 $13.66/hr 8.8%
Central Minnesota 160 $16.70/hr -3.9%
Northwest Minnesota 110 $21.18/hr -4.1%
Northeast Minnesota 40 $12.08/hr -2.6%
Southwest Minnesota N/A $13.81/hr -9.0%
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Packers and Packagers, Hand6,200$13.86/hr-3.3%
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators5,380$21.83/hr0.1%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers1,590$20.14/hr-4.2%
Procurement Clerks730$21.53/hr-4.7%
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping280$17.66/hr-0.6%
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products240$16.70/hrN/A
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic130$15.20/hr3.5%
Tasks for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service