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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.

$53,440
Median Pay
Less than 6 months
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AI Resilience Score

Score 2/6: low AI task exposure, declining job demand, limited human advantage indicates this career is being transformed by AI

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AI Exposure
Low+2

10% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Declining+0

-8% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Weak+0

EPOCH score: 8/25

Total Score2/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09
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Key Responsibilities

  • 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.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Time to Job Ready

0-1 years

Based on Job Zone 2. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

Mail sorting systemsTracking softwareMicrosoft OfficeDatabase systems

Key Abilities

Near VisionManual DexterityWritten ComprehensionInformation OrderingCategory FlexibilityPerceptual SpeedMultilimb CoordinationStatic StrengthOral ComprehensionOral Expression

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Compensation Details

$41,700
10th Percentile
$53,440
Median
$71,840
90th Percentile

Based on 116,540 employed workers

Also Known As

AssorterAutomation ClerkComputer Forwarding System Markup Clerk (CFS Markup Clerk)Dead Mail CheckerDistribution ClerkDistribution HandlerDistributorEquipment OperatorFile Conversion OperatorFlat Sorter Operator

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 43-5053.00