SOC 43-9051 · Area 47380 · May 2025
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
Waco, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $28,100 | $13.51 |
| 25th percentile | $28,100 | $13.51 |
| Median | $34,960 | $16.81 |
| 75th percentile | $42,060 | $20.22 |
| 90th percentile | $48,180 | $23.16 |
| Average | $36,540 | $17.57 |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 60. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $28,100 to $42,060 in 2025, a span of $13,960.
The area median is $3,510 (9.1%) below Texas's $38,470 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 12 other published areas
- This area's median is $5,480 (18.6%) above the $29,480 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $1,230 (3.6%) above the $33,730 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $160 (0.5%) above the $34,800 median in Lubbock, TX.
- This area's median is $1,620 (4.4%) below the $36,580 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $1,910 (5.2%) below the $36,870 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $2,420 (6.5%) below the $37,380 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $2,880 (7.6%) below the $37,840 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $3,670 (9.5%) below the $38,630 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
- This area's median is $4,930 (12.4%) below the $39,890 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $8,280 (19.1%) below the $43,240 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $8,280 (19.1%) below the $43,240 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $8,630 (19.8%) below the $43,590 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.
Which counties share this estimate?
The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.
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