Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service Salary — Springfield, Illinois

The average Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service in Springfield, Illinois earns $35,920 a year.

$35,920 / year, mean
↓ 14.7% below national average 20th percentile in Illinois

Springfield pays below most of Illinois for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
110
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.0%
Cost of living 93 #130 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1770 #92 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $200,409 #164 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $74,580 #74 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Springfield ranks #130 for cost of living and #164 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $52,100 Seattle $50,970 Jacksonville $50,200 San Jose $49,920 Sacramento $48,380 Trenton $48,100 New York $45,970 Los Angeles $45,930 Santa Rosa $45,250 Salem $45,190 Oxnard $44,880 Visalia $44,620 San Diego $44,370 Kingston $44,140 Baltimore $43,860 York $43,640 Portland $43,610 Tallahassee $43,330 Albany $42,710 Syracuse $42,630 Riverside $42,560 Lexington Park $42,200 Stockton $42,120 Brownsville $42,000 Austin $41,960 Kiryas Joel $41,930 Bellingham $41,770 Fort Myers $41,630 Olympia $41,580 Chicago $41,400 Ann Arbor $41,220 Lansing $41,190 Tampa $41,020 Philadelphia $40,940 Grand Rapids $40,840 Rochester $40,840 Buffalo $40,790 Orlando $40,750 Sarasota $40,730 Indianapolis $40,720 Spokane $40,710 Bakersfield $40,510 State College $40,510 Champaign $40,450 Harrisburg $40,290 San Antonio $40,180 Utica $39,970 Fort Wayne $39,850 Fresno $39,840 Bloomington $39,780 Louisville $39,700 Dallas $39,690 Binghamton $39,620 Killeen $39,340 South Bend $39,150 Scranton $38,880 Pittsburgh $38,850 Lancaster $38,840 Detroit $38,640 Richmond $38,630 Peoria $38,560 Virginia Beach $38,440 Huntington $38,380 Houston $38,360 Deltona $38,220 Pensacola $38,120 Amarillo $38,020 Evansville $37,820 Lexington $37,580 Kalamazoo $37,410 Hagerstown $37,100 Allentown $36,910 Lakeland $36,860 Reading $36,830 Lynchburg $36,590 Waco $36,540 Springfield $35,920 Roanoke $35,680 Lubbock $34,930 El Paso $33,920 Traverse City $33,570 McAllen $31,130 Charleston $31,000
CityMean salaryvs. Springfield
Albany, New York$42,710+18.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$36,910+2.8%
Amarillo, Texas$38,020+5.8%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$41,220+14.8%
Austin, Texas$41,960+16.8%
Bakersfield, California$40,510+12.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$43,860+22.1%
Bellingham, Washington$41,770+16.3%
Binghamton, New York$39,620+10.3%
Bloomington, Illinois$39,780+10.7%
Brownsville, Texas$42,000+16.9%
Buffalo, New York$40,790+13.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$41,630+15.9%
Champaign, Illinois$40,450+12.6%
Charleston, West Virginia$31,000-13.7%
Chicago, Illinois$41,400+15.3%
Dallas, Texas$39,690+10.5%
Deltona, Florida$38,220+6.4%
Detroit, Michigan$38,640+7.6%
El Paso, Texas$33,920-5.6%
Evansville, Indiana$37,820+5.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$39,850+10.9%
Fresno, California$39,840+10.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$40,840+13.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$37,100+3.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$40,290+12.2%
Houston, Texas$38,360+6.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$38,380+6.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$40,720+13.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$50,200+39.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$37,410+4.1%
Killeen, Texas$39,340+9.5%
Kingston, New York$44,140+22.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$41,930+16.7%
Lakeland, Florida$36,860+2.6%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$38,840+8.1%
Lansing, Michigan$41,190+14.7%
Lexington, Kentucky$37,580+4.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$42,200+17.5%
Los Angeles, California$45,930+27.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$39,700+10.5%
Lubbock, Texas$34,930-2.8%
Lynchburg, Virginia$36,590+1.9%
McAllen, Texas$31,130-13.3%
New York, New York$45,970+28.0%
Sarasota, Florida$40,730+13.4%
Olympia, Washington$41,580+15.8%
Orlando, Florida$40,750+13.4%
Oxnard, California$44,880+24.9%
Pensacola, Florida$38,120+6.1%
Peoria, Illinois$38,560+7.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$40,940+14.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$38,850+8.2%
Portland, Oregon$43,610+21.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$36,830+2.5%
Richmond, Virginia$38,630+7.5%
Riverside, California$42,560+18.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$35,680-0.7%
Rochester, New York$40,840+13.7%
Sacramento, California$48,380+34.7%
Salem, Oregon$45,190+25.8%
San Antonio, Texas$40,180+11.9%
San Diego, California$44,370+23.5%
San Francisco, California$52,100+45.0%
San Jose, California$49,920+39.0%
Santa Rosa, California$45,250+26.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$38,880+8.2%
Seattle, Washington$50,970+41.9%
South Bend, Indiana$39,150+9.0%
Spokane, Washington$40,710+13.3%
State College, Pennsylvania$40,510+12.8%
Stockton, California$42,120+17.3%
Syracuse, New York$42,630+18.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$43,330+20.6%
Tampa, Florida$41,020+14.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$33,570-6.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$48,100+33.9%
Utica, New York$39,970+11.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$38,440+7.0%
Visalia, California$44,620+24.2%
Waco, Texas$36,540+1.7%
York, Pennsylvania$43,640+21.5%
Gross salary
35,920/yr
Estimated take-home
29,405/yr
Est. total withheld
18.1%

Single filer, federal + Illinois state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-9051 SOC code
Official area Springfield, IL BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 44100 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Illinois

Population (metro area)
207,386