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Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Salary in NJ

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in NJ have a median annual salary of $101,100, with 440 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $89,270 at the 10th percentile to $117,040 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$101,100

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$48.61

Employment

440

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$89,270
10th
$94,810
25th
$101,100
Median
$107,640
75th
$117,040
90th

Local compared with national

NJ

$101,100

Median annual · 2025

United States

$96,660

Median annual · 2025

The NJ median is 4.6% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $4,440).

Top skills

  1. 1.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  2. 2.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  3. 3.SpeakingImportance 4.0
  4. 4.Social PerceptivenessImportance 4.0
  5. 5.CoordinationImportance 4.0
  6. 6.Time ManagementImportance 4.0
  7. 7.Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 3.9
  8. 8.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.8
  9. 9.MonitoringImportance 3.8
  10. 10.NegotiationImportance 3.6
  11. 11.Learning StrategiesImportance 3.4
  12. 12.Service OrientationImportance 3.4

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
None
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Collection Point Management System CPMS
  • eBuy
  • Email software
  • Facility database software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Payroll software
  • Personnel management software
  • Personnel scheduling software
  • Postal boundary mapping software
  • Postal tracking software

Common tasks

  • Negotiate labor disputes.
  • Monitor employees' work schedules and attendance for payroll purposes.
  • Organize and supervise activities, such as the processing of incoming and outgoing mail.
  • Resolve customer complaints.
  • Prepare employee work schedules.
  • Direct and coordinate operational, management, and supportive services of one or a number of postal facilities.
  • Hire and train employees, and evaluate their performance.
  • Prepare and submit detailed and summary reports of post office activities to designated supervisors.
  • Select and train postmasters and managers of associate postal units.
  • Inform the public of available services, and of postal laws and regulations.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents salary in other locations

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