How much do Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators make in Cedar Rapids, IA?

Percentile spread

For Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators, the published 10th percentile is $45,530 and the 90th percentile is $71,930. The difference is $26,400, which is 46.0% 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 $47,440 to the 75th at $61,640, covers $14,200.

The mean annual wage is $56,560, which sits below the median of $57,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cedar Rapids, IA median is 1.8% lower than the national median of $58,470 for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,555, which is 10.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.1% lower than the Iowa median of $60,530.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cedar Rapids, IA is 88.963, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators at $64,555 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators. Cedar Rapids, IA ranks 10th of 10 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).).

• Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is 53 miles away, with a median of $61,570 and employment of 60. That median is 7.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,724, against $64,555 here.
• Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 77 miles away, with a median of $58,470 and employment of 100. That median is 1.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,638, against $64,555 here.
• Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 115 miles away, with a median of $60,530 and employment of 840. That median is 5.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,008, against $64,555 here.

Employment share

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Cedar Rapids, IA (120 of 139,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (105,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.27 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.