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Average Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary in Great Falls, MT

Postal Service Mail Carriers in Great Falls, MT earn a median annual salary of $52,900, which is -8.0% compared to the national median. There are 90 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Great Falls, MT (metro area).

$52,900
Great Falls, MT median annual wage
$25/hour median
-8.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $57,490
90
Local employment
2.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.17
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$46,030
25th
$48,090
Median
$52,900
75th
$72,550
90th
$75,300

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 Great Falls, MT, 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
96.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$54,623
Goods: 96.0%
Services: 73.0%
Rents: 97.1%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Victoria, TX$65,490Compare100
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$64,540Compare660
Lincoln, NE$64,540Compare300
Fargo, ND-MN$64,540Compare240
Napa, CA$64,540Compare130
Lawrence, KS$64,500Compare100

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 Great Falls, MT

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$219,6000.72
Dentists, General$154,6002.11
Pharmacists$134,9901.58
Detectives And Criminal Investigators$126,8001.29
Personal Financial Advisors$126,5300.72
Nurse Practitioners$124,7000.98
Managers, All Other$123,9700.36
Financial Managers$123,4600.43

Great Falls, MT has salary data for 204 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Postal Service Mail Carriers in Great Falls, MT

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Postal Service Mail Carriers are projected to change by -3.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 20,600 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.