How much do Postmasters and Mail Superintendents make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

Percentile spread

For Postmasters and Mail Superintendents, the published 10th percentile is $89,770 and the 90th percentile is $119,500. The difference is $29,730, which is 30.4% 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 $93,230 to the 75th at $106,850, covers $13,620.

The mean annual wage is $101,980, which sits above the median of $97,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 1.1% higher than the national median of $96,660 for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $92,723, which is 4.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.9% higher than the Oregon median of $93,180.

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 $97,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postmasters and Mail Superintendents at $92,723 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $103,020 and employment of 60. That median is 5.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,700, against $92,723 here.

Employment share

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (60 of 1,208,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.56 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.