How much do Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service make in Fargo, ND-MN?

Percentile spread

For Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service, the published 10th percentile is $30,360 and the 90th percentile is $46,300. The difference is $15,940, which is 41.8% 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 $37,620 to the 75th at $42,880, covers $5,260.

The mean annual wage is $39,790, which sits above the median of $38,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fargo, ND-MN median is 3% lower 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 $41,950, which is 6.8% 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 North Dakota median of $38,120.

Fargo, ND-MN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Dakota, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fargo, ND-MN is 90.871, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service at $41,950 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service. Fargo, ND-MN ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• St. Cloud, MN is 149 miles away, with a median of $44,220 and employment of 80. That median is 16% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,461, against $41,950 here.

Employment share

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Fargo, ND-MN (50 of 148,660). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.95 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.