How much do Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

Percentile spread

For Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators, the published 10th percentile is $47,440 and the 90th percentile is $75,280. The difference is $27,840, which is 48.3% 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 $50,770 to the 75th at $70,890, covers $20,120.

The mean annual wage is $60,100, which sits above the median of $57,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 1.4% 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 $54,695, which is 6.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.4% lower than the Oregon median of $57,890.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Oregon, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators at $54,695 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 5th of 5 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).).

• Yakima, WA is 102 miles away, with a median of $58,470 and employment of 40. That median is 1.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,196, against $54,695 here.
• Eugene-Springfield, OR is 117 miles away, with a median of $59,490 and employment of 120. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,572, against $54,695 here.
• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $59,740 and employment of 1,340. That median is 3.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,755, against $54,695 here.

Employment share

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (860 of 1,208,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (105,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.05 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.