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USPS craft pay scales by grade and step
The Postal Service pays its career crafts on step tables negotiated by each union. Three of the four are public and indexed here; the rural carrier (NRLCA) table is members-only and is not.
- USPS clerk, maintenance and motor vehicle (APWU) pay scaleUSPS Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Pay Scale 2026
- USPS city letter carrier (NALC) pay scaleUSPS City Carrier Pay Scale 2026
- USPS mail handler (NPMHU) pay scaleUSPS Mail Handler Pay Scale 2025-26
- APWU clerk, maintenance and motor vehicle crafts, Postal Service (PS) schedule: $48,627 to $93,502, effective .
- NALC city letter carriers, City carrier basic annual salaries effective March 7: $68,450 to $84,974, effective .
- NALC city letter carriers, City carrier basic annual salaries effective March 7: $52,510 to $84,974, effective .
- NPMHU mail handlers, Mail handler annual wage rates effective September 6: $52,854 to $77,267, effective .
- NPMHU mail handlers, Mail handler annual wage rates effective September 6: $46,023 to $77,267, effective .
Not indexed: rural carriers (NRLCA). The National Rural Letter Carriers' Association publishes its pay tables inside the members' area, so there is no public document to parse and no page here. If a public table appears it will be added.