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Average Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, And Processing Machine Operators Salary in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, And Processing Machine Operators in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR earn a median annual salary of $57,490, which is +1.7% compared to the national median. There are 460 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR (metro area).

$57,490
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR median annual wage
$28/hour median
+1.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $56,530
460
Local employment
1.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.80
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$42,600
25th
$47,590
Median
$57,490
75th
$70,490
90th
$74,050

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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 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
89.4%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$64,332
Goods: 93.6%
Services: 74.6%
Rents: 68.3%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Haven, CT$72,970Compare120
Erie, PA$72,970Compare40
Duluth, MN-WI$67,200Compare50
Wichita, KS$67,180Compare240
Salem, OR$66,810Compare30
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$66,580Compare1,720

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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR has salary data for 502 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, And Processing Machine Operators in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, And Processing Machine Operators are projected to change by -8.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 7,800 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.