Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary in Appleton, WI

Postal Service Mail Carriers pay range in Appleton

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $48,940 a year or less, while the top 10% make $82,740 or more. The middle half of postal service mail carriers in Appleton earn between $53,040 and $78,460.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Postal Service Mail Carriers pay in Appleton vs. Wisconsin and the U.S.

Postal service mail carriers in Appleton earn 3% more than the Wisconsin average ($62,190) and about the same as the U.S. average ($62,540). At the median the gap is +0% against the U.S. median of $60,550.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Postal Service Mail Carriers salary after taxes in Appleton

On the average salary of $64,140, a single filer in Appleton takes home about $51,418 a year, or $4,285 a month and $1,978 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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Is Appleton a good place for postal service mail carriers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Appleton area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.4), so the average $64,140 buys what about $69,401 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Appleton ($49,910). A typical home costs $350,370, or 5.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Postal Service Mail Carriers salary in other Wisconsin cities

Appleton ranks 1st of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for postal service mail carriers

Bozeman, MT pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($69,930).

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Related jobs in Appleton

• Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,340 a year
• Postal Service Clerks$59,930 a year
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$59,640 a year
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,820 a year
• Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,030 a year
• Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$41,770 a year
• Couriers and Messengers$37,480 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$73,790 a year

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