How much do Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service make in New Haven, CT?

Percentile spread

For Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service, the published 10th percentile is $37,490 and the 90th percentile is $56,990. The difference is $19,500, which is 42.7% 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 $38,860 to the 75th at $50,650, covers $11,790.

The mean annual wage is $46,280, which sits above the median of $45,710. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New Haven, CT median is 16.4% 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 $43,717, which is 11.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4% higher than the Connecticut median of $43,970.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New Haven, CT is 104.559, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,710 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service at $43,717 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service. New Haven, CT ranks 5th of 21 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).).

• Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 20 miles away, with a median of $40,700 and employment of 30. That median is 11% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,791, against $43,717 here.
• Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 29 miles away, with a median of $44,580 and employment of 100. That median is 2.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,717, against $43,717 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 31 miles away, with a median of $44,760 and employment of 400. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,564, against $43,717 here.

Employment share

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in New Haven, CT (80 of 281,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.80 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.