City carrier assistant vs rural carrier

The differences between city carrier assistants and rural carriers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a rural carrier has an average salary of $40,325, which is higher than the $40,196 average annual salary of a city carrier assistant.

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

City carrier assistant vs rural carrier overview

	City Carrier Assistant	Rural Carrier
Yearly salary	$40,196	$40,325
Hourly rate	$19.32	$19.39
Growth rate	-6%	-6%
Number of jobs	19,907	16,047
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 35%	High School Diploma, 29%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

City carrier assistant vs rural carrier salary

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

	City Carrier Assistant	Rural Carrier
Average salary	$40,196	$40,325
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $78,000	Between $21,000 And $75,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between city carrier assistant and rural carrier education

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

	City Carrier Assistant	Rural Carrier
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 35%	High School Diploma, 29%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

City carrier assistant vs rural carrier demographics

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

	City Carrier Assistant	Rural Carrier
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 52.1% Female, 47.9%	Male, 38.0% Female, 62.0%
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, 11.9% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.2% Asian, 6.7% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between city carrier assistant and rural 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.

Rural carrier example responsibilities.

Manage problems, conduct RCA investigations and deliver completed documentation.
Deliver mail to residences and business establishments along specify routes by driving personal vehicle approve by USPS.
Improve efficiency and safety of the route taken to deliver mail in order to comply with USPS regulations
Attend bid openings for prospective construction projects and prepared/draft construction contracts in accordance with RCA policies/procedures.
Ascertain that delivery address matches actual address, requiring excellent number memorization.

City carrier assistant vs rural 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 rural carrier skills

Delivery Sequence, 27%
Customer Service, 25%
Mail Delivery, 6%
Mail Security, 6%
Necessary Paperwork, 5%
Postal Service, 4%