How much do Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service make in Visalia, CA?

Percentile spread

For Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service, the published 10th percentile is $34,590 and the 90th percentile is $71,870. The difference is $37,280, which is 91.3% 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 $35,980 to the 75th at $46,570, covers $10,590.

The mean annual wage is $44,620, which sits above the median of $40,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Visalia, CA median is 3.9% 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 $40,902, which is 4.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.1% lower than the California median of $44,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Visalia, CA is 99.825, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service at $40,902 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service. Visalia, CA ranks 4th of 8 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).).

• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $39,120 and employment of 80. That median is 4.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,776, against $40,902 here.
• Fresno, CA is 67 miles away, with a median of $36,690 and employment of 80. That median is 10.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,915, against $40,902 here.
• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 131 miles away, with a median of $41,940 and employment of 60. That median is 2.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,943, against $40,902 here.

Employment share

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Visalia, CA (40 of 171,140). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (55,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.66 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.