Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
SOC Code: 43-5053
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operatorss clear jams in sorting equipment. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 67.8/100, this role has moderate resilience to automation. Key skills include Monitoring, Speaking, Critical Thinking.
AI-Proof Score: 67.8 — High
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Median Salary
$56,530
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Job Growth
-8.4%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Monitoring
- •Speaking
- •Critical Thinking
- •Coordination
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Active Listening
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Time Management
- •Judgment and Decision Making
Common Tasks
- ✓Clear jams in sorting equipment.
- ✓Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
- ✓Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
- ✓Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition equipment.
- ✓Check items to ensure that addresses are legible and correct, that sufficient postage has been paid or the appropriate documentation is attached, and that items are in a suitable condition for processing.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation