How much do Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Percentile spread

For Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service, the published 10th percentile is $40,970 and the 90th percentile is $66,380. The difference is $25,410, which is 53.6% 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 $44,470 to the 75th at $58,570, covers $14,100.

The mean annual wage is $52,100, which sits above the median of $47,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 20.7% 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 $41,025, which is 4.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.8% higher than the California median of $44,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service at $41,025 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. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 2nd 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).).

• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $37,900 and employment of 40. That median is 20.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,065, against $41,025 here.
• Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is 63 miles away, with a median of $40,600 and employment of 50. That median is 14.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,668, against $41,025 here.
• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 78 miles away, with a median of $48,050 and employment of 330. That median is 1.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,514, against $41,025 here.

Employment share

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (620 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 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.