How much do Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators make in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?

Percentile spread

For Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators, the published 10th percentile is $48,880 and the 90th percentile is $75,280. The difference is $26,400, which is 44.4% 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 $54,180 to the 75th at $68,670, covers $14,490.

The mean annual wage is $61,000, which sits above the median of $59,490. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC median is 1.7% 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 $60,741, which is 3.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% higher than the Virginia median of $58,300.

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Virginia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is 97.941, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,490 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators at $60,741 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. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC ranks 2nd 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).).

• Richmond, VA is 70 miles away, with a median of $55,350 and employment of 1,090. That median is 7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,562, against $60,741 here.
• Rocky Mount, NC is 100 miles away, with a median of $62,610 and employment of 80. That median is 5.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,138, against $60,741 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 137 miles away, with a median of $58,470 and employment of 690. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,568, against $60,741 here.

Employment share

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (330 of 763,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (105,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 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.