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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 indexed here; the rural carrier (NRLCA) evaluated-route schedule is not yet.
- 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: $50,041 to $94,916, 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 yet: rural carriers (NRLCA). Rural carriers are paid by route evaluation (annual salary by weekly evaluated hours), not on a grade-and-step table, and that schedule has not been transcribed here.