Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators Salary in Illinois

State wage data from the BLS OEWS survey, May 2025.

Median annual

$58,300

Median hourly

$28

Average annual

$59,390

Employed in state

5.4K

The median annual salary for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in Illinois is $58,300, or about $28 an hour. That is about the same as the national median.

Pay in Illinois ranges from $42,600 at the 10th percentile to $75,280 at the 90th percentile. Roughly 5.4K people work as postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators in the state.

Pay distribution in Illinois

10th$42,600

25th$48,880

Median$58,300

75th$75,030

90th$75,280

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Pay amountPay period

Hours / weekWeeks / year

Hourly: $28.03
Daily: $224
Weekly: $1,121
Bi-weekly: $2,242
Monthly: $4,858
Annual: $58,300

$58,300 a year is around the 50th percentile for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operatorss in Illinois. The median is $58,300.

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators — Illinois
Percentile	Hourly	Annual
10th percentile	$20.50	$42,600
25th percentile	$23.50	$48,880
Median	$28.00	$58,300
75th percentile	$36.10	$75,030
90th percentile	$36.20	$75,280
Average (mean)	$28.60	$59,390
Employment	5,370 people

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators pay by metro area in Illinois

Metro area	Median annual	Employment
Peoria, IL	$60,530	80
Champaign-Urbana, IL	$59,490	180
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$58,470	100
Springfield, IL	$58,470	140
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$58,300	4.9K
St. Louis, MO-IL	$56,390	1.4K

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