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Postal Service Carriers

SOC 43-5052

Deliver mail and packages along a route, rain or shine.

The job
Median pay
$61k
$49k to $81k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-0.3% projected
Openings a year
20k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
9/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
40th pct
More exposed than 40% of occupations · modeled estimate · 42nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
41/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California32,3201.80.8×$62k
Texas26,7001.90.9×$61k
Florida20,8102.11.0×$61k
New York20,5802.11.0×$62k
Illinois14,7302.41.1×$62k
Pennsylvania13,9002.31.1×$60k
Ohio12,6802.31.1×$61k
Michigan11,6102.61.3×$60k
North Carolina11,0302.21.1×$60k
Georgia10,7902.21.0×$58k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
New Jersey10,1602.41.1×$61k
Virginia7,9001.90.9×$62k
Massachusetts7,6302.11.0×$62k
Tennessee7,3102.21.1×$59k
Missouri7,2602.51.2×$60k
Indiana6,9102.21.0×$60k
Washington6,5501.80.9×$60k
Wisconsin6,4702.21.0×$60k
Maryland6,4202.31.1×$62k
Minnesota5,8902.00.9×$60k
Alabama5,8402.81.3×$58k
South Carolina5,6502.51.2×$58k
Arizona5,3001.60.8×$62k
Colorado5,1001.80.8×$60k
Louisiana5,0902.61.2×$59k
Kentucky4,6402.31.1×$59k
Connecticut4,5102.71.3×$61k
Oklahoma4,1302.41.1×$60k
Oregon3,7601.90.9×$59k
Iowa3,7302.41.1×$60k
Kansas3,3102.31.1×$59k
Mississippi3,2902.81.3×$57k
Arkansas3,0302.31.1×$60k
Nevada2,5301.60.8×$62k
Utah2,4601.40.7×$60k
Nebraska2,1502.11.0×$60k
West Virginia1,8502.61.3×$58k
Idaho1,6601.90.9×$58k
New Mexico1,5701.80.8×$60k
New Hampshire1,5602.31.1×$60k
Maine1,5102.41.1×$59k
Rhode Island1,2202.41.1×$64k
Hawaii1,2001.90.9×$60k
Delaware1,1302.31.1×$60k
Washington DC9301.30.6×$64k
South Dakota8501.90.9×$61k
Montana8301.60.8×$59k
North Dakota8001.90.9×$59k
Vermont6902.31.1×$59k
Alaska4501.40.7×$60k
Wyoming4301.50.7×$60k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ20,280 jobs · $62k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA10,940 jobs · $64k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN10,320 jobs · $64k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX7,100 jobs · $62k median
  5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX6,660 jobs · $62k median
  6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD6,560 jobs · $61k median
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV6,250 jobs · $64k median
  8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL5,720 jobs · $62k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.