Mail technician vs mail inserter

The differences between mail technicians and mail inserters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a mail inserter has an average salary of $30,949, which is higher than the $30,561 average annual salary of a mail technician.

The top three skills for a mail technician include postage machine, USPS and customer inquiries. The most important skills for a mail inserter are RAN, mail room, and zip codes.

Mail technician vs mail inserter overview

	Mail Technician	Mail Inserter
Yearly salary	$30,561	$30,949
Hourly rate	$14.69	$14.88
Growth rate	-5%	-
Number of jobs	22,761	17,691
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	High School Diploma, 51%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Mail technician vs mail inserter salary

Mail technicians and mail inserters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mail Technician	Mail Inserter
Average salary	$30,561	$30,949
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $42,000	Between $21,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between mail technician and mail inserter education

There are a few differences between a mail technician and a mail inserter in terms of educational background:

	Mail Technician	Mail Inserter
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	High School Diploma, 51%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Mail technician vs mail inserter demographics

Here are the differences between mail technicians' and mail inserters' demographics:

	Mail Technician	Mail Inserter
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 57.4% Female, 42.6%	Male, 41.7% Female, 58.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 5.5% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% Asian, 5.6% White, 64.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between mail technician and mail inserter duties and responsibilities

Mail technician example responsibilities.

Process overnight packages and other accountable mail (next day express USPS, next day UPS/FedEx, etc .).
Meter outgoing military govt mail, prepare fed-ex shipments...delivery of mail to squadrons .. work in control restricted area ..
Perform repair and basic maintenance in sortation and banding machinery.
Provide assistance with ALV, by running batches, replenishing, staging medication for packaging and packing shorts.
Convince management to convert bi-monthly newsletter to PDF, eliminating all mailing costs for annualize savings of more than $110K.

Mail inserter example responsibilities.

Sort mail into USPS bins and stack them onto pallets.
Perform quality control during mailing to ensure USPS requirements are met.
Meter outgoing military govt mail, prepare fed-ex shipments...delivery of mail to squadrons .. work in control restricted area ..
Convince management to convert bi-monthly newsletter to PDF, eliminating all mailing costs for annualize savings of more than $110K.

Mail technician vs mail inserter skills

Common mail technician skills

Postage Machine, 19%
USPS, 18%
Customer Inquiries, 11%
Courier Services, 10%
Postal Regulations, 8%
Postage Meter, 7%

Common mail inserter skills

RAN, 13%
Mail Room, 12%
ZIP Codes, 6%
Flowmaster, 6%
USPS, 6%
Pitney Bowes, 6%