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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators pay in Charleston, WV and Duluth, MN-WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators is $59,490 per year in Charleston, WV. It is $70,990 per year in Duluth, MN-WI. Charleston, WV is 16.2% below Duluth, MN-WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5053 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 360 wage and salary jobs in Charleston, WV and 40 in Duluth, MN-WI. 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