Mail technician vs mailroom assistant

The differences between mail technicians and mailroom assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a mail technician has an average salary of $30,561, which is higher than the $29,118 average annual salary of a mailroom assistant.

The top three skills for a mail technician include postage machine, USPS and customer inquiries. The most important skills for a mailroom assistant are office equipment, data entry, and HR.

Mail technician vs mailroom assistant overview

	Mail Technician	Mailroom Assistant
Yearly salary	$30,561	$29,118
Hourly rate	$14.69	$14.00
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	22,761	13,048
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Mail technician vs mailroom assistant salary

Mail technicians and mailroom assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mail Technician	Mailroom Assistant
Average salary	$30,561	$29,118
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $42,000	Between $23,000 And $35,000
Highest paying City	-	Walnut Creek, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	University of California
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between mail technician and mailroom assistant education

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

	Mail Technician	Mailroom Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Mail technician vs mailroom assistant demographics

Here are the differences between mail technicians' and mailroom assistants' demographics:

	Mail Technician	Mailroom Assistant
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 57.4% Female, 42.6%	Male, 54.1% Female, 45.9%
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, 10.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 8.1% White, 60.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between mail technician and mailroom assistant 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.

Mailroom assistant example responsibilities.

Manage files, prepare lobby monitor presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Present cases for equipment upgrades by use of ROI tools and specification advantages.
Help implement and maintain USPS standards, policies, and procedures in mail management.
Create new division for NCOA processes for outside customers that increase revenue there as well.
Pick up, sort, and deliver all USPS mail including time and authorization sensitive correspondence.
Distribute incoming FedEx and DHL packages to employees on assign floors as well as processing and shipping outgoing FedEx and DHL.

Mail technician vs mailroom assistant skills

Common mail technician skills

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

Common mailroom assistant skills

Office Equipment, 27%
Data Entry, 15%
HR, 14%
Mail Room, 8%
USPS, 5%
Customer Service, 5%