SOC 43-5053 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators make in Green Bay, WI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in Green Bay, WI is $58,390. The 10th percentile is $47,440 and the 90th percentile is $75,030. Employment is 120.

Median annual wage

$58,390

10th percentile
$47,440
25th percentile
$54,330
Median
$58,390
75th percentile
$68,670
90th percentile
$75,030
Mean
$59,870

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators, the published 10th percentile is $47,440 and the 90th percentile is $75,030. The difference is $27,590, which is 47.3% 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 $54,330 to the 75th at $68,670, covers $14,340.

The mean annual wage is $59,870, which sits above the median of $58,390. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Green Bay, WI median is 0.1% 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 $62,727, which is 7.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% lower than the Wisconsin median of $58,470.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Green Bay, WI is 93.086, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,390 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators at $62,727 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 Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators. Green Bay, WI ranks 6th 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).).

  • Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 43 miles away, with a median of $57,430 and employment of 70. That median is 1.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,800, against $62,727 here.
  • Traverse City, MI is 108 miles away, with a median of $58,980 and employment of 90. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,167, against $62,727 here.
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 108 miles away, with a median of $58,300 and employment of 920. That median is 0.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,142, against $62,727 here.

Employment share

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Green Bay, WI (120 of 174,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (105,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.02 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators make in Green Bay, WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in Green Bay, WI is $58,390. The 10th percentile is $47,440 and the 90th percentile is $75,030. Employment is 120.

How does that compare with the national median for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators?

The local median is 0.1% lower than the national median of $58,470.

What is Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators pay in Green Bay, WI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Green Bay, WI is 93.086, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $58,390 is $62,727. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Green Bay, WI compare with nearby metros for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators?

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 43 miles away, at $57,430. Green Bay, WI ranks 6th of 9 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.