How much do Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?

Percentile spread

For Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service, the published 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $55,630. The difference is $21,310, which is 54.0% 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 $34,800 to the 75th at $45,830, covers $11,030.

The mean annual wage is $42,560, which sits above the median of $39,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA median is 0.5% 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 $37,072, which is 5.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.1% lower than the California median of $44,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service at $37,072 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 6th of 7 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).).

• San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 111 miles away, with a median of $43,180 and employment of 400. That median is 9.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,593, against $37,072 here.
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $43,540 and employment of 1,800. That median is 10.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,339, against $37,072 here.
• Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV is 132 miles away, with a median of $40,520 and employment of 310. That median is 2.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,433, against $37,072 here.

Employment share

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (270 of 1,716,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.44 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.