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Mail Clerk

Mail Clerk

  • Ideal for those who enjoy organizing and managing mail efficiently.
  • Ensure timely delivery and smooth communication through mail handling.
  • Experience the satisfaction of keeping the mail system running smoothly.
💰 Earn $37K-$48K
📚 High School Diploma or GED

Overview

Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Time-stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.

Scoop

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Risky (Decreasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

7,600 Annually

Earnings

$41,360

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Day-to-Day

  • Wrap packages or bundles by hand, or by using tying machines.
  • Verify that items are addressed correctly, marked with the proper postage, and in suitable condition for processing.
  • Remove containers of sorted mail or parcels and transfer them to designated areas according to established procedures.
  • Sort and route incoming mail, and collect outgoing mail, using carts as necessary.
  • Affix postage to packages or letters by hand, or stamp materials, using postage meters.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Learning
  • Critical Thinking
  • Writing
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Monitoring

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Job security
  • Personal relationships

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