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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators salary in California

The median postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in California earns $59,490 a year, 2% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,818 a month.

10th percentile
$47,440
25th percentile
$50,770
Median percentile
$59,490
75th percentile
$75,030
90th percentile
$75,280

Based on 10,090 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$45,816 take-home a year
Gross pay$59,490
Federal income tax−$4,959
Social Security + Medicare−$4,551
California income tax (approx.)−$4,164
Monthly take-home$3,818
Every two weeks$1,762

Does it go far here?

$53,730Median pay in California is worth this at average US prices (local price level 110.7 vs 100).
53%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,036 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in California

JobMedian pay
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$400,150
Neurologists$357,080
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$353,900
Psychiatrists$353,500
General Internal Medicine Physicians$313,890
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$301,240
Nurse Anesthetists$292,410
Physicians, All Other$281,590

All postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators salaries · Take-home pay in California