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Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Time-stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.

Median salary

$38,150

Typical range

$29k – $52k

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Education

Typical entry: No degree required

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Typical progression

  1. Junior Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

    Entry / Junior

    $29,460

    ~2 yrs to advance

  2. Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

    Established

    $38,150

    ~3 yrs to advance

  3. Senior Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

    Senior

    $45,150

Key skills

A typical day

  • •Wrap packages or bundles by hand, or by using tying machines.
  • •Verify that items are addressed correctly, marked with the proper postage, and in suitable condition for processing.
  • •Remove containers of sorted mail or parcels and transfer them to designated areas according to established procedures.
  • •Sort and route incoming mail, and collect outgoing mail, using carts as necessary.
  • •Affix postage to packages or letters by hand, or stamp materials, using postage meters.

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