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Average Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary in Worcester, MA

Postal Service Mail Carriers in Worcester, MA earn a median annual salary of $58,390, which is +1.6% compared to the national median. There are 880 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$58,390
Worcester, MA median annual wage
$28/hour median
+1.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $57,490
880
Local employment
2.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.15
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$42,390
25th
$46,030
Median
$58,390
75th
$75,300
90th
$75,340

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 Worcester, MA, 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
102.5%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$56,953
Goods: 97.0%
Services: 155.2%
Rents: 113.0%

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 Worcester, MA

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Neurologists$228,4703.27
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$221,7101.28
Family Medicine Physicians$221,6600.82
Chief Executives$217,4100.97
Natural Sciences Managers$211,4001.46
Pediatricians, General$201,1202.45
Marketing Managers$176,5000.74
Architectural And Engineering Managers$172,3901.31

Worcester, MA has salary data for 491 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Neurologists.

Historical series

Trend for Postal Service Mail Carriers in Worcester, MA

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.