How much do Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

Percentile spread

For Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators, the published 10th percentile is $42,600 and the 90th percentile is $75,280. The difference is $32,680, which is 58.7% 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 $48,880 to the 75th at $64,670, covers $15,790.

The mean annual wage is $57,180, which sits above the median of $55,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN median is 4.8% 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 $57,776, which is 1.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.3% lower than the Tennessee median of $56,390.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $55,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators at $57,776 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. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 7th 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).).

• Huntsville, AL is 90 miles away, with a median of $54,330 and employment of 50. That median is 2.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,374, against $57,776 here.
• Chattanooga, TN-GA is 105 miles away, with a median of $58,390 and employment of 200. That median is 4.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,839, against $57,776 here.
• Evansville, IN is 143 miles away, with a median of $60,530 and employment of 130. That median is 8.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,133, against $57,776 here.

Employment share

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (800 of 1,099,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (105,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.08 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.