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Working As A Rural Route Carrier

  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
  • Handling and Moving Objects
  • Performing General Physical Activities
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

  • Outdoors/walking/standing

  • Repetitive

  • Stressful

  • $75,000

    Average Salary

What Does A Rural Route Carrier Do

Postal service workers sell postal products and collect, sort, and deliver mail. 

Duties

Postal service workers typically do the following:

  • Collect letters and parcels
  • Sort incoming letters and parcels
  • Sell stamps and other postal products
  • Get customer signatures for registered, certified, and insured mail
  • Operate various types of postal equipment
  • Distribute incoming mail from postal trucks

Postal service workers receive and process mail for delivery to homes, businesses, and post office boxes. Workers are classified based on the type of work they perform.

The following are examples of types of Postal Service workers:

Postal service mail carriers deliver mail to homes and businesses in cities, towns, and rural areas. Most travel established routes, delivering and collecting mail. Carriers cover their routes by foot, vehicle, or a combination of both. Some mail carriers collect money for postage due. Others, particularly in rural areas, sell postal products, such as stamps and money orders. All carriers must be able to answer customers’ questions about postal regulations and services and, upon request, provide change-of-address cards and other postal forms. 

Postal service clerks sell stamps, money orders, postal stationery, mailing envelopes, and boxes in post offices throughout the country. These workers register, certify, and insure mail, calculate and collect postage, and answer questions about other postal matters. They also may help sort mail.

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution at post offices and mail processing centers. They load and unload postal trucks and move mail around processing centers. They also operate and adjust mail processing and sorting machinery.

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How To Become A Rural Route Carrier

A high school diploma or equivalent is required to become a postal service worker. All applicants for these jobs must take a written exam. 

Education

Although there is no specific postsecondary education requirement to become a postal service worker, all applicants must have a good command of English.

Postal service mail carriers must be at least 18 years old. They must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident-alien status. Males must have registered with the Selective Service when they reached age 18.

All applicants must pass a written exam that measures speed and accuracy at checking names and numbers and the ability to memorize mail distribution procedures. Jobseekers should contact the post office or mail processing center where they want to work to find out when exams are given.

When accepted, applicants must undergo a criminal background check and pass a physical exam and a drug test. Applicants also may be asked to show that they can lift and handle heavy mail sacks. Mail carriers who drive at work must have a safe driving record, and applicants must receive a passing grade on a road test.

Training

Newly hired postal service workers receive short-term on-the-job training, usually lasting less than 1 month. Those who have a mail route may initially work alongside an experienced carrier.

Important Qualities

Customer-service skills. Postal service workers, particularly clerks, regularly interact with customers. As a result, they must be courteous and tactful and provide good client service. 

Physical stamina. Postal service workers, particularly carriers, must be able to stand or walk for long periods.

Physical strength. Postal service workers must be able to lift heavy mail bags and parcels without injuring themselves.

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Average Length of Employment
Rural Letter Carrier 9.0 years
City Carrier 5.6 years
Postal Mail Carrier 5.0 years
Rural Mail Carrier 4.5 years
Postal Carrier 4.1 years
Rural Carrier 3.7 years
City Mail Carrier 3.4 years
Route Carrier 3.0 years
Rural Route Carrier 3.0 years
Carrier 2.8 years
Rural Carrier Associate 2.0 years
City Carrier Assistant 0.9 years
Top Careers Before Rural Route Carrier
Cashier 14.6%
Customer Service Representative 10.7%
Assistant Manager 9.0%
Administrative Assistant 6.3%
Sales Associate 5.7%
Store Manager 5.1%
Office Assistant 4.8%
Office Manager 4.2%
Manager 4.2%
Owner/Operator 3.9%
Secretary 3.9%
Sales Representative 3.6%
Substitute Teacher 3.6%
Receptionist 3.3%
Medical Assistant 3.0%
Driver 3.0%
Warehouse Worker 3.0%
Certified Nursing Assistant 3.0%
Team Leader 2.7%
Clerk 2.7%
Top Careers After Rural Route Carrier
Customer Service Representative 12.2%
Cashier 12.2%
Administrative Assistant 6.7%
Sales Associate 6.1%
Delivery Driver 5.0%
Owner 5.0%
Assistant Manager 5.0%
Office Manager 4.4%
Owner/Operator 4.4%
Driver 4.4%
Certified Nursing Assistant 4.4%
Security Officer 4.4%
School Bus Driver 3.9%
Bartender 3.9%
Substitute Teacher 3.3%
Manager 3.3%
Custodian 2.8%
Shift Supervisor 2.8%
Receptionist 2.8%
Volunteer 2.8%

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Top Skills for A Rural Route Carrier

  1. Delivery Sequence
  2. Sort
  3. Rural Route Customers
You can check out examples of real life uses of top skills on resumes here:
  • Retrieve out going mail, arrange mail in delivery sequence.
  • Sorted, received, filed and distributed mail, filled envelopes, sealed and weighed mail, scanned packages
  • Delivered mail and packages to rural route customers.
  • Bundled up mail and loaded into personal vehicle and delivered.
  • Designated as backup carrier for four additional routes based on ability and customer service reputation.

Rural Route Carrier Demographics

Gender

Female

59.9%

Male

35.5%

Unknown

4.6%
Ethnicity

White

67.2%

Hispanic or Latino

12.8%

Black or African American

11.1%

Asian

5.4%

Unknown

3.4%
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Foreign Languages Spoken

Spanish

50.0%

French

20.0%

German

10.0%

Thai

10.0%

Italian

10.0%
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Rural Route Carrier Education

Schools

University of Phoenix

21.9%

Liberty University

6.3%

Kaplan University

6.3%

North Hennepin Community College

6.3%

University of Memphis

4.7%

Ashworth College

4.7%

University of Maine at Presque Isle

4.7%

University of Central Missouri

4.7%

Gateway Technical College

4.7%

Ashford University

4.7%

Texas State Technical College - Harlingen

3.1%

University of Maryland - University College

3.1%

Front Range Community College

3.1%

Allied American University

3.1%

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

3.1%

Northern Arizona University

3.1%

Remington College

3.1%

Mesa Community College - Boswell

3.1%

Sam Houston State University

3.1%

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

3.1%
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Majors

Business

25.2%

Health Care Administration

10.9%

Criminal Justice

8.0%

General Studies

6.7%

Psychology

5.5%

Medical Assisting Services

5.5%

Accounting

5.5%

Nursing

4.2%

Graphic Design

3.8%

Computer Science

2.9%

Education

2.9%

Liberal Arts

2.5%

Drafting And Design

2.1%

Electrical Engineering

2.1%

Biology

2.1%

English

2.1%

General Education, Specific Areas

2.1%

Medical Technician

2.1%

Human Services

2.1%

Human Resources Management

1.7%
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Degrees

Other

39.4%

Bachelors

23.5%

Associate

20.9%

Certificate

7.3%

Masters

5.2%

Diploma

2.6%

License

1.0%
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