How much do Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service make in Burlington-South Burlington, VT?

Percentile spread

For Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service, the published 10th percentile is $38,560 and the 90th percentile is $54,830. The difference is $16,270, which is 35.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,800 to the 75th at $45,860, covers $7,060.

The mean annual wage is $43,740, which sits below the median of $45,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington-South Burlington, VT median is 15.5% higher than the national median of $39,280 for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service. In 2024 national prices the local median is $44,953, which is 14.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Vermont median of $45,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 100.949, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service at $44,953 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service. Burlington-South Burlington, VT ranks 4th of 10 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 139 miles away, with a median of $42,320 and employment of 490. That median is 6.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,504, against $44,953 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 139 miles away, with a median of $40,230 and employment of 90. That median is 11.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,076, against $44,953 here.
• Utica-Rome, NY is 141 miles away, with a median of $38,730 and employment of 120. That median is 14.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,790, against $44,953 here.

Employment share

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington-South Burlington, VT (70 of 120,150). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.64 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.