Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators (Except Postal Service)

What Mail clerks and mail machine operators Do

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.

Mail clerk and mail machine operator Salaries

• 2020 employment: 82,200
• May 2021 median annual wage: $32,550

Job Outlook for Mail clerks and mail machine operators

Projected employment change, 2020-30:

• Number of new jobs: -3,400
• Growth rate: -4 percent (Decline)

How to Become a Mail clerk or mail machine operator

Education and training:

• Typical entry-level education: High school diploma or equivalent
• Work experience in a related occupation: None
• Typical on-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

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*Some content used by permission of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

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