How much do Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service make in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA?

Percentile spread

For Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service, the published 10th percentile is $37,230 and the 90th percentile is $60,210. The difference is $22,980, which is 47.8% 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 $37,250 to the 75th at $58,120, covers $20,870.

The mean annual wage is $49,920, which sits above the median of $48,050. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA median is 22.3% 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 $43,514, which is 10.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.2% higher than the California median of $44,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 110.423, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,050 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service at $43,514 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ranks 1st of 9 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 71 miles away, with a median of $37,900 and employment of 40. That median is 21.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,065, against $43,514 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 78 miles away, with a median of $47,430 and employment of 620. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,025, against $43,514 here.
• Fresno, CA is 94 miles away, with a median of $36,690 and employment of 80. That median is 23.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,915, against $43,514 here.

Employment share

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (330 of 1,134,970). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 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.