Job outlook for rural route carriers in the United States

Rural route carrier job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected rural route carrier job growth rate is -6% from 2018-2028.

• About -29,300 new jobs for rural route carriers are projected over the next decade.

• Rural route carrier salaries have increased -12% for rural route carriers in the last 5 years.

• There are over 131,748 rural route carriers currently employed in the United States.

• There are 22,379 active rural route carrier job openings in the US.

• The average rural route carrier salary is $41,800.

Compare the number of rural route carrier jobs and the average rural route carrier salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of rural route carrier job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where rural route carriers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.