Postal Service Mail Carriers

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Record address changes and redirect mail for those addresses.65
• Sort mail for delivery, arranging it in delivery sequence.60

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Scan labels on letters or parcels to confirm receipt.55
• Maintain accurate records of deliveries.55
• Sell stamps and money orders.50

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Deliver mail to residences and business establishments along specified routes by walking or driving, using a combination of satchels, carts, cars, and small trucks.5
• Return to the post office with mail collected from homes, businesses, and public mailboxes.10
• Travel to post offices to pick up the mail for routes or pick up mail from postal relay boxes.10

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 33 puts Postal Service Mail Carriers in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 2 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 8 augmentable, and 10 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $60,550median wage
• 328,820employed
• 20,600annual openings
• -3.5%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Postal Service Clerks 36
• Couriers and Messengers 33
• Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 24
• Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 45
• Cargo and Freight Agents 40
• Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 28

How this score was calculated

FAQ — Postal Service Mail Carriers

Will AI replace Postal Service Mail Carriers?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 33 mean for a Postal Service Mail Carriers?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 33 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Record address changes and redirect mail for those addresses; Sort mail for delivery, arranging it in delivery sequence. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Deliver mail to residences and business establishments along specified routes by walking or driving, using a combination of satchels, carts, cars, and small trucks; Return to the post office with mail collected from homes, businesses, and public mailboxes; Travel to post offices to pick up the mail for routes or pick up mail from postal relay boxes. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.