SOC 11-9131 · Management Occupations · May 2025

How much do Postmasters and Mail Superintendents make in St. Louis, MO-IL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in St. Louis, MO-IL is $97,700. The 10th percentile is $89,770 and the 90th percentile is $117,640. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$97,700

10th percentile
$89,770
25th percentile
$93,620
Median
$97,700
75th percentile
$105,190
90th percentile
$117,640
Mean
$101,430

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Postmasters and Mail Superintendents, the published 10th percentile is $89,770 and the 90th percentile is $117,640. The difference is $27,870, which is 28.5% 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 $93,620 to the 75th at $105,190, covers $11,570.

The mean annual wage is $101,430, which sits above the median of $97,700. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The St. Louis, MO-IL 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 $102,747, which is 6.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% higher than the Missouri median of $95,680.

St. Louis, MO-IL covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for St. Louis, MO-IL is 95.088, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $97,700 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Postmasters and Mail Superintendents at $102,747 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in St. Louis, MO-IL (100 of 1,341,320). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 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.

Highest-paying jobs in St. Louis, MO-IL · Postmasters and Mail Superintendents by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Postmasters and Mail Superintendents make in St. Louis, MO-IL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in St. Louis, MO-IL is $97,700. The 10th percentile is $89,770 and the 90th percentile is $117,640. Employment is 100.

How does that compare with the national median for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents?

The local median is 1.1% higher than the national median of $96,660.

What is Postmasters and Mail Superintendents pay in St. Louis, MO-IL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for St. Louis, MO-IL is 95.088, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $97,700 is $102,747. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.