City carrier assistant vs route carrier

The differences between city carrier assistants and route carriers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a city carrier assistant has an average salary of $40,196, which is higher than the $37,724 average annual salary of a route carrier.

The top three skills for a city carrier assistant include mail delivery, customer service and place packages. The most important skills for a route carrier are newspapers, delivery sequence, and delivery route.

City carrier assistant vs route carrier overview

	City Carrier Assistant	Route Carrier
Yearly salary	$40,196	$37,724
Hourly rate	$19.32	$18.14
Growth rate	-6%	-6%
Number of jobs	19,907	22,260
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 35%	High School Diploma, 31%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

City carrier assistant vs route carrier salary

City carrier assistants and route carriers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	City Carrier Assistant	Route Carrier
Average salary	$40,196	$37,724
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $78,000	Between $16,000 And $84,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between city carrier assistant and route carrier education

There are a few differences between a city carrier assistant and a route carrier in terms of educational background:

	City Carrier Assistant	Route Carrier
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 35%	High School Diploma, 31%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

City carrier assistant vs route carrier demographics

Here are the differences between city carrier assistants' and route carriers' demographics:

	City Carrier Assistant	Route Carrier
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 52.1% Female, 47.9%	Male, 53.5% Female, 46.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.4% Asian, 7.6% White, 59.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.9% Asian, 7.0% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between city carrier assistant and route carrier duties and responsibilities

City carrier assistant example responsibilities.

Manage problems, conduct RCA investigations and deliver completed documentation.
Require heavy lifting and great memorization skills.
Change residents, shower, take out trash, fed them, help with ADL 's
Care includes all aspects of ADL assistance, food prep, serving and clean up.
Go to registry cage sign out accountable get scanner; obtain DPS for taking to street.
Sort DPS mail and other mail types per assign route destinations and distribute mail to customer sites.

Route carrier example responsibilities.

Supervise and direct military and civilian personnel in the performance of daily supply logistics support functions.
Learned federal mail organization system and relate processes.

City carrier assistant vs route carrier skills

Common city carrier assistant skills

Mail Delivery, 14%
Customer Service, 12%
Place Packages, 10%
COD, 8%
Postal Service, 7%
General Familiarity, 6%

Common route carrier skills

Newspapers, 54%
Delivery Sequence, 41%
Delivery Route, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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