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Postal Service Mail Carriers pay in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH and Lawrence, KS
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Postal Service Mail Carriers is $57,250 per year in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH. It is $70,530 per year in Lawrence, KS. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH is 18.8% below Lawrence, KS on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5052 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 440 wage and salary jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH and 100 in Lawrence, KS. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings