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

Percentile spread

For Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators, the published 10th percentile is $49,050 and the 90th percentile is $75,280. The difference is $26,230, which is 43.3% 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 $55,350 to the 75th at $75,030, covers $19,680.

The mean annual wage is $62,590, which sits above the median of $60,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Madison, WI median is 3.5% higher 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 $62,218, which is 6.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.5% higher than the Wisconsin median of $58,470.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Madison, WI is 97.287, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators at $62,218 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators. Madison, WI ranks 2nd of 12 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 83 miles away, with a median of $57,430 and employment of 70. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,800, against $62,218 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 88 miles away, with a median of $58,300 and employment of 920. That median is 3.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,142, against $62,218 here.
• Cedar Rapids, IA is 124 miles away, with a median of $57,430 and employment of 120. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,555, against $62,218 here.

Employment share

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Madison, WI (190 of 408,070). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (105,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.69 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.