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

The median postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $55,350 a year, 5% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,888 a month.

10th percentile
$42,600
25th percentile
$45,530
Median percentile
$55,350
75th percentile
$66,750
90th percentile
$75,280

Based on 1,900 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

$46,654 take-home a year
Gross pay$55,350
Federal income tax−$4,462
Social Security + Medicare−$4,234
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,888
Every two weeks$1,794

Does it go far here?

$56,119Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
37%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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