1) Does anybody know how much postal workers in the U.S. get paid?

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2) How many years of service they have to do in order to retire?
3) When they do retire, they get what percentage from their pension plan?
4) How competitive is it to becom a postal worker?

Answer 1

1) That depends on the craft because some employees, such as electricians are very skilled and receive more pay. Letter Carriers for instance currently receive about $44,000 per year.
2/3) For most USPS employees its a matter of age, not service time, ie you must be 62 years old to retire. Years of service determine the % of compensation ie compensation maxes out at 40 years and 11 months of service time.
4) Very. There are normally many people who want any given Postal job.

Answer 2

1) varies by the position and the shift - I have numerous clients that make between $36K to $65K / year

2) 20 years

3) don't know

4) depends upon the region