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Shipping & Freight Coordinators vs Postal Service Carriers

Median pay is about $15k higher for Postal Service Carriers. Both usually start with the same education: high school.

marks the higher pay or growth. Education, difficulty and the AI rows depend on what you want, so they are not marked.

Shipping & Freight Coordinators compared with Postal Service Carriers: pay, outlook, entry and AI exposure
MeasureShipping & Freight CoordinatorsPostal Service Carriers
Pay
Median pay$45,260$60,550, higher
Entry pay 25th percentile$38,200$48,940, higher
Experienced pay 75th percentile$51,570$81,000, higher
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Projected growth-7.6% Declining-0.3% Declining, higher
Openings a year61,30019,600
Getting in
Typical educationHigh schoolHigh school
Difficulty modeled1.8 / 52 / 5
AI
Displacement risk modeledModerateModerate
AI exposure modeled, percentile23rd pct40th pct

Skills

Both lean on the same top skills: speaking, reading comprehension, active listening, critical thinking, monitoring, writing.

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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills: O*NET 30.3. Difficulty, displacement risk and AI exposure are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.