Postal Service Mail Carriers Salary — Owensboro, Kentucky

The average Postal Service Mail Carriers in Owensboro, Kentucky earns $61,780 a year.

$61,780 / year, mean
↓ 2.0% below national average 50th percentile in Kentucky

Owensboro sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Kentucky — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for postal service mail carriers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Kentucky

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
130
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.0%
Cost of living 89 #172 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1461 #33 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $213,657 #162 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $65,656 #132 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Owensboro ranks #172 for cost of living and #162 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.

Napa $67,090 San Francisco $66,130 Bay City $66,040 Los Angeles $65,500 Oxnard $65,500 Naples $65,420 Salinas $65,360 Bloomington $64,820 McAllen $64,780 Chicago $64,740 Seattle $64,720 San Jose $64,700 Sacramento $64,530 Charleston $64,500 San Diego $64,370 New York $64,330 Miami $64,260 Santa Cruz $64,230 Trenton $64,180 Bloomington $64,010 Riverside $63,970 Kingston $63,960 Modesto $63,940 Merced $63,850 Stockton $63,790 Santa Maria $63,770 Lafayette $63,700 Buffalo $63,680 Albany $63,600 Indianapolis $63,580 South Bend $63,550 El Paso $63,520 Lexington $63,510 Philadelphia $63,420 Mount Vernon $63,380 Baltimore $63,370 Victoria $63,310 Sebastian $63,240 Detroit $63,220 Ithaca $63,180 Tampa $63,180 Winchester $63,180 Lansing $63,160 Flint $63,100 Fresno $63,090 Portland $63,090 Evansville $63,060 Palm Bay $63,050 Kiryas Joel $63,030 Monroe $63,020 Scranton $63,020 Houston $62,980 Kalamazoo $62,980 Dallas $62,930 Rochester $62,930 Sarasota $62,890 Allentown $62,830 Terre Haute $62,830 Santa Rosa $62,810 Syracuse $62,770 Lubbock $62,750 Paducah $62,750 Pittsburgh $62,740 Reading $62,720 Bremerton $62,710 Orlando $62,680 Yuba City $62,630 Roanoke $62,620 Corpus Christi $62,540 Fort Wayne $62,540 Utica $62,480 Columbus $62,470 Charlottesville $62,450 Richmond $62,450 Michigan City $62,440 Virginia Beach $62,440 Glens Falls $62,420 Vallejo $62,420 Erie $62,370 Grand Rapids $62,370 Atlantic City $62,350 Lancaster $62,330 Port St. Lucie $62,300 Watertown $62,220 Brownsville $62,200 Jacksonville $62,160 Blacksburg $62,150 Punta Gorda $62,150 Elmira $62,080 Champaign $62,050 Saginaw $62,030 San Antonio $62,010 Amarillo $61,980 Austin $61,900 Medford $61,900 Wenatchee $61,880 Louisville $61,800 Tallahassee $61,790 Owensboro $61,780 Deltona $61,750 Kokomo $61,740 Peoria $61,740 York $61,690 Wheeling $61,660 Binghamton $61,640 Decatur $61,640 Fort Myers $61,630 Rockford $61,560 Vineland $61,540 Gainesville $61,520 Salem $61,510 Spokane $61,510 Ann Arbor $61,490 Sebring $61,410 Elizabethtown $61,360 Muskegon $61,340 Springfield $61,340 Staunton $61,340 Harrisburg $61,330 Sherman $61,300 Battle Creek $61,270 Bend $61,260 Olympia $61,230 Pensacola $61,230 Williamsport $61,230 Beaumont $61,200 Chico $61,130 Weirton $61,110 Altoona $61,080 Redding $61,080 San Angelo $61,050 Harrisonburg $61,020 Walla Walla $61,010 Hanford $60,990 Midland $60,980 Johnstown $60,970 Laredo $60,940 San Luis Obispo $60,940 Albany $60,930 Lynchburg $60,920 Longview $60,820 Traverse City $60,790 Lebanon $60,720 Longview $60,690 Abilene $60,680 Salisbury $60,670 Lakeland $60,570 Tyler $60,560 Hagerstown $60,520 Midland $60,440 Visalia $60,430 Bellingham $60,340 Corvallis $60,310 Yakima $60,310 Wichita Falls $60,300 Chambersburg $60,250 Jackson $60,200 Muncie $60,190 State College $60,190 Lexington Park $60,090 Parkersburg $60,030 Niles $59,990 Odessa $59,940 Huntington $59,910 Gettysburg $59,890 Bakersfield $59,770 Killeen $59,680 Dover $59,670 El Centro $59,670 Kankakee $59,670 Eugene $59,600 Elkhart $59,560 Morgantown $59,560 Ocala $59,290 Grants Pass $59,120 Beckley $59,060 Waco $59,010 Kennewick $58,990 Crestview $58,900 Texarkana $58,900 Panama City $58,800 College Station $58,650 Bowling Green $58,350 Homosassa Springs $56,870 Wildwood $56,740
CityMean salaryvs. Owensboro
Abilene, Texas$60,680-1.8%
Albany, Oregon$60,930-1.4%
Albany, New York$63,600+2.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$62,830+1.7%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$61,080-1.1%
Amarillo, Texas$61,980+0.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$61,490-0.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$62,350+0.9%
Austin, Texas$61,900+0.2%
Bakersfield, California$59,770-3.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$63,370+2.6%
Battle Creek, Michigan$61,270-0.8%
Bay City, Michigan$66,040+6.9%
Beaumont, Texas$61,200-0.9%
Beckley, West Virginia$59,060-4.4%
Bellingham, Washington$60,340-2.3%
Bend, Oregon$61,260-0.8%
Binghamton, New York$61,640-0.2%
Blacksburg, Virginia$62,150+0.6%
Bloomington, Illinois$64,010+3.6%
Bloomington, Indiana$64,820+4.9%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$58,350-5.6%
Bremerton, Washington$62,710+1.5%
Brownsville, Texas$62,200+0.7%
Buffalo, New York$63,680+3.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$61,630-0.2%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$60,250-2.5%
Champaign, Illinois$62,050+0.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$64,500+4.4%
Charlottesville, Virginia$62,450+1.1%
Chicago, Illinois$64,740+4.8%
Chico, California$61,130-1.1%
College Station, Texas$58,650-5.1%
Columbus, Indiana$62,470+1.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$62,540+1.2%
Corvallis, Oregon$60,310-2.4%
Crestview, Florida$58,900-4.7%
Dallas, Texas$62,930+1.9%
Decatur, Illinois$61,640-0.2%
Deltona, Florida$61,750-0.0%
Detroit, Michigan$63,220+2.3%
Dover, Delaware$59,670-3.4%
El Centro, California$59,670-3.4%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$61,360-0.7%
Elkhart, Indiana$59,560-3.6%
Elmira, New York$62,080+0.5%
El Paso, Texas$63,520+2.8%
Erie, Pennsylvania$62,370+1.0%
Eugene, Oregon$59,600-3.5%
Evansville, Indiana$63,060+2.1%
Flint, Michigan$63,100+2.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$62,540+1.2%
Fresno, California$63,090+2.1%
Gainesville, Florida$61,520-0.4%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$59,890-3.1%
Glens Falls, New York$62,420+1.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$62,370+1.0%
Grants Pass, Oregon$59,120-4.3%
Hagerstown, Maryland$60,520-2.0%
Hanford, California$60,990-1.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$61,330-0.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$61,020-1.2%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$56,870-7.9%
Houston, Texas$62,980+1.9%
Huntington, West Virginia$59,910-3.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$63,580+2.9%
Ithaca, New York$63,180+2.3%
Jackson, Michigan$60,200-2.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$62,160+0.6%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$60,970-1.3%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$62,980+1.9%
Kankakee, Illinois$59,670-3.4%
Kennewick, Washington$58,990-4.5%
Killeen, Texas$59,680-3.4%
Kingston, New York$63,960+3.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$63,030+2.0%
Kokomo, Indiana$61,740-0.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$63,700+3.1%
Lakeland, Florida$60,570-2.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$62,330+0.9%
Lansing, Michigan$63,160+2.2%
Laredo, Texas$60,940-1.4%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$60,720-1.7%
Lexington, Kentucky$63,510+2.8%
Lexington Park, Maryland$60,090-2.7%
Longview, Texas$60,820-1.6%
Longview, Washington$60,690-1.8%
Los Angeles, California$65,500+6.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$61,800+0.0%
Lubbock, Texas$62,750+1.6%
Lynchburg, Virginia$60,920-1.4%
McAllen, Texas$64,780+4.9%
Medford, Oregon$61,900+0.2%
Merced, California$63,850+3.4%
Miami, Florida$64,260+4.0%
Michigan City, Indiana$62,440+1.1%
Midland, Michigan$60,980-1.3%
Midland, Texas$60,440-2.2%
Modesto, California$63,940+3.5%
Monroe, Michigan$63,020+2.0%
Morgantown, West Virginia$59,560-3.6%
Mount Vernon, Washington$63,380+2.6%
Muncie, Indiana$60,190-2.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$61,340-0.7%
Napa, California$67,090+8.6%
Naples, Florida$65,420+5.9%
New York, New York$64,330+4.1%
Niles, Michigan$59,990-2.9%
Sarasota, Florida$62,890+1.8%
Ocala, Florida$59,290-4.0%
Odessa, Texas$59,940-3.0%
Olympia, Washington$61,230-0.9%
Orlando, Florida$62,680+1.5%
Oxnard, California$65,500+6.0%
Paducah, Kentucky$62,750+1.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$63,050+2.1%
Panama City, Florida$58,800-4.8%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$60,030-2.8%
Pensacola, Florida$61,230-0.9%
Peoria, Illinois$61,740-0.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$63,420+2.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$62,740+1.6%
Portland, Oregon$63,090+2.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$62,300+0.8%
Punta Gorda, Florida$62,150+0.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$62,720+1.5%
Redding, California$61,080-1.1%
Richmond, Virginia$62,450+1.1%
Riverside, California$63,970+3.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$62,620+1.4%
Rochester, New York$62,930+1.9%
Rockford, Illinois$61,560-0.4%
Sacramento, California$64,530+4.5%
Saginaw, Michigan$62,030+0.4%
Salem, Oregon$61,510-0.4%
Salinas, California$65,360+5.8%
Salisbury, Maryland$60,670-1.8%
San Angelo, Texas$61,050-1.2%
San Antonio, Texas$62,010+0.4%
San Diego, California$64,370+4.2%
San Francisco, California$66,130+7.0%
San Jose, California$64,700+4.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$60,940-1.4%
Santa Cruz, California$64,230+4.0%
Santa Maria, California$63,770+3.2%
Santa Rosa, California$62,810+1.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$63,020+2.0%
Seattle, Washington$64,720+4.8%
Sebastian, Florida$63,240+2.4%
Sebring, Florida$61,410-0.6%
Sherman, Texas$61,300-0.8%
South Bend, Indiana$63,550+2.9%
Spokane, Washington$61,510-0.4%
Springfield, Illinois$61,340-0.7%
State College, Pennsylvania$60,190-2.6%
Staunton, Virginia$61,340-0.7%
Stockton, California$63,790+3.3%
Syracuse, New York$62,770+1.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$61,790+0.0%
Tampa, Florida$63,180+2.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$62,830+1.7%
Texarkana, Texas$58,900-4.7%
Traverse City, Michigan$60,790-1.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$64,180+3.9%
Tyler, Texas$60,560-2.0%
Utica, New York$62,480+1.1%
Vallejo, California$62,420+1.0%
Victoria, Texas$63,310+2.5%
Vineland, New Jersey$61,540-0.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$62,440+1.1%
Visalia, California$60,430-2.2%
Waco, Texas$59,010-4.5%
Walla Walla, Washington$61,010-1.2%
Watertown, New York$62,220+0.7%
Weirton, West Virginia$61,110-1.1%
Wenatchee, Washington$61,880+0.2%
Wheeling, West Virginia$61,660-0.2%
Wichita Falls, Texas$60,300-2.4%
Wildwood, Florida$56,740-8.2%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$61,230-0.9%
Winchester, Virginia$63,180+2.3%
Yakima, Washington$60,310-2.4%
York, Pennsylvania$61,690-0.1%
Yuba City, California$62,630+1.4%
Gross salary
61,780/yr
Estimated take-home
48,676/yr
Est. total withheld
21.2%

Single filer, federal + Kentucky state tax + FICA, 2026 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 43-5052 SOC code
Official area Owensboro, KY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 36980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ky_dor_verificado 2026
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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Population (metro area)
112,322