Business & Finance
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Examine, sort, and route mail. Load, operate, and occasionally adjust and repair mail processing, sorting, and canceling machinery. Keep records of shipments, pouches, and sacks, and perform other duties related to mail handling within the postal service. Includes postal service mail sorters and processors employed by USPS contractors.
Median salary
$56,530
Typical range
$43k – $74k
Job outlook
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Entry / Junior
$42,600
~2 yrs to advance
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Established
$56,530
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Senior
$65,290
Key skills
A typical day
- •Clear jams in sorting equipment.
- •Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
- •Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
Fields of study
Any field
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Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
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