Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

11-9131 Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

Plan, direct, or coordinate operational, administrative, management, and supportive services of a U.S. post office; or coordinate activities of workers engaged in postal and related work in assigned post office.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
13,850	0.4 %	$37.60	$78,220	0.1 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$31.43	$33.73	$36.97	$41.49	$45.62
Annual Wage (2)	$65,370	$70,160	$76,900	$86,300	$94,880

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Postal Service (federal government)	13,800	2.18	$37.62	$78,240

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Postal Service (federal government)	13,800	2.18	$37.62	$78,240

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Postal Service (federal government)	13,800	2.18	$37.62	$78,240

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	830	0.09	0.93	$38.14	$79,340
Texas	810	0.07	0.69	$38.61	$80,300
Pennsylvania	800	0.13	1.43	$37.73	$78,480
California	790	0.05	0.48	$39.41	$81,970
Illinois	550	0.09	0.97	$36.90	$76,750

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska	160	0.51	5.39	$25.64	$53,330
Vermont	120	0.38	4.02	$34.44	$71,630
Montana	180	0.37	3.97	$30.99	$64,470
Maine	190	0.31	3.31	$34.93	$72,660
Wyoming	80	0.29	3.10	$29.79	$61,960

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Florida	350	0.04	0.42	$41.69	$86,720
Tennessee	270	0.09	0.95	$40.61	$84,480
Delaware	40	0.09	0.99	$40.54	$84,320
Rhode Island	30	0.07	0.70	$40.27	$83,770
New Jersey	440	0.11	1.13	$39.67	$82,500

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	620	0.06	0.68	$39.75	$82,690
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	250	0.09	0.93	$38.77	$80,630
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	250	0.05	0.57	$38.25	$79,550
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	170	0.06	0.66	$40.07	$83,340
Pittsburgh, PA	150	0.13	1.35	$39.43	$82,020
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	140	0.04	0.45	$38.39	$79,850
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	120	0.02	0.20	$43.38	$90,240
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	110	0.04	0.43	$39.39	$81,930
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	110	0.03	0.32	$41.98	$87,310
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	110	0.06	0.59	$37.53	$78,070

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Barnstable Town, MA	50	0.46	4.89	$35.95	$74,780
Utica-Rome, NY	30	0.23	2.48	$36.87	$76,690
Salisbury, MD-DE	30	0.20	2.08	$38.66	$80,420
Worcester, MA-CT	60	0.19	2.03	$36.29	$75,470
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA	40	0.17	1.81	$37.50	$77,990
Lancaster, PA	40	0.16	1.70	$37.57	$78,150
Asheville, NC	30	0.16	1.66	$38.22	$79,500
Portland-South Portland, ME	30	0.15	1.61	$35.97	$74,830
Syracuse, NY	40	0.14	1.46	$38.18	$79,420
Springfield, MA-CT	40	0.13	1.33	$37.08	$77,130