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

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 39.6% 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 $59,490 to the 75th at $75,030, covers $15,540.

The mean annual wage is $65,800, which sits below the median of $66,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wichita, KS median is 14.2% 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 $75,046, which is 28.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.4% higher than the Kansas median of $54,540.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators at $75,046 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators. Wichita, KS ranks 1st of 4 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).).

• Tulsa, OK is 112 miles away, with a median of $57,430 and employment of 330. That median is 14% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,373, against $75,046 here.
• Oklahoma City, OK is 153 miles away, with a median of $58,470 and employment of 450. That median is 12.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,673, against $75,046 here.
• Kansas City, MO-KS is 176 miles away, with a median of $55,350 and employment of 1,640. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,810, against $75,046 here.

Employment share

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Wichita, KS (210 of 308,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (105,200 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.01 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.