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Average Postal Service Clerks Salary in North Carolina

Postal Service Clerks in North Carolina earn a median annual salary of $64,290, which is +3.5% compared to the national median. There are 2,070 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for North Carolina (state).

$64,290
North Carolina median annual wage
$31/hour median
+3.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $62,130
2,070
Local employment
0.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.88
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$55,350
25th
$58,470
Median
$64,290
75th
$72,950
90th
$75,030

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in North Carolina, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
94.3%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$68,157
Goods: 96.6%
Services: 88.6%
Rents: 81.4%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
District of Columbia $67,790 Compare 110
New Jersey $64,290 Compare 2,230
California $63,650 Compare 6,410
Michigan $63,650 Compare 2,340
Hawaii $63,650 Compare 430
Tennessee $63,210 Compare 1,330

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in North Carolina

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $398,410 0.60
Dermatologists $367,350 2.21
Emergency Medicine Physicians $339,350 0.68
Neurologists $325,550 0.52
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $323,630 1.24
Chief Executives $314,290 0.30
General Internal Medicine Physicians $289,780 0.79
Physicians, All Other $260,330 1.29

North Carolina has salary data for 762 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Postal Service Clerks in North Carolina

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Postal Service Clerks are projected to change by -3.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 6,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.