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Postal Service Mail Carriers pay in Lawrence, KS and Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Postal Service Mail Carriers is $70,530 per year in Lawrence, KS. It is $62,070 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. Lawrence, KS is 13.6% above Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Lawrence, KS and 780 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. 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