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Offices, stations, and branches Number of post offices Number of stations and branches Delivery Points (millions) Residential City P.O.Box Rural/highway contract Business Pieces of mail handled (millions) Domestic \1 First class mail \2 Express Mail Priority Mail Periodicals (formerly 2d class) Standard Mail (formerly Standard A) Package Services (formerly Standard B) Mailgram U.S. Postal Service Free for the blind International economy mail (surface) International airmail Employees, total (1,000) Career Headquarters Headquarters support Inspection Service Inspector General Field Career Postmasters Supervisors/managers Professional, administrative, and technical Clerks Mail handlers City carriers Motor vehicle operators Rural carriers Special delivery messengers Building and equipment maintenance Vehicle maintenance Other \3 Noncareer Casuals Transitionals Rural substitutes Relief/Leave replacements Nonbargaining temporary Compensation and employee benefits (million dollars) Avg. salary per employee (dollars) \4 Pieces of mail per employee, (1,000) Total revenue (million dollars) \5 Operating postal revenue Mail revenue \6 First class mail Priority mail \7 Express mail \8 Mailgram Periodicals (formerly 2d class) Standard Mail (formerly Standard A) Package Services (formerly Standard B) International economy mail (surface) International airmail Service revenue Registry \9 Certified \9 Insurance \9 Collect-on-delivery Money orders Other \9 Operating expenses (million dollars) \1\0
40,067 28,959 11,108 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 166,301 165,503 89,270 59 518 10,680 63,725 663 14 538 35 166 632 843 761 2 6 4 (X) 749 27 43 10 290 51 236 7 42 2 33 5 1 83 27 (X) 43 12 (Z) 34,214 37,570 197 40,074 39,201 37,892 24,023 1,555 630 8 1,509 8,082 919 222 941 1,310 174 310 47 26 155 592 40,490
39,149 28,392 10,757 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 180,734 179,933 96,296 57 869 10,194 71,112 936 5 412 52 106 696 875 753 2 4 4 (X) 743 27 35 11 274 57 240 8 46 2 38 5 2 122 26 32 50 13 1 41,931 45,001 207 54,509 54,176 52,490 31,955 3,075 711 2 1,972 11,792 1,525 205 1,254 1,687 118 560 52 21 196 737 50,730
38,060 27,876 10,184 135.9 123.9 76.1 15.9 31.9 12.1 207,882 206,782 103,526 71 1,223 10,365 90,057 1,128 4 363 47 79 1,021 901 788 2 6 4 1 775 26 39 10 282 61 241 9 57 (X) 42 6 2 114 30 13 58 12 1 49,532 50,103 231 64,540 64,476 62,284 35,516 4,837 996 2 2,171 15,193 1,912 180 1,477 2,191 98 385 109 22 235 1,342 62,992
37,142 27,385 9,757 144.3 131.3 78.5 15.6 37.2 13.0 211,743 210,891 98,071 56 888 9,070 100,942 1,166 2 621 76 23 829 803 705 3 4 3 1 693 25 33 9 222 56 228 9 64 (X) 40 5 2 98 19 8 57 12 1 53,932 62,635 264 69,993 69,798 66,649 36,062 4,634 872 1 2,161 18,954 2,201 134 1,631 3,150 77 601 132 9 208 2,122 68,283
36,826 27,318 9,508 146.2 133.0 78.9 15.6 38.4 13.2 213,138 212,345 97,618 56 924 9,023 102,460 1,175 0 1,016 75 155 638 796 696 3 4 3 1 685 25 33 9 214 57 224 9 66 (X) 40 6 2 100 23 5 59 12 1 56,302 64,992 268 72,817 72,551 69,144 37,039 5,043 918 (X) 2,215 19,877 2,259 118 1,678 3,407 73 632 137 10 193 2,363 71,681
36,721 27,276 9,445 148.0 134.6 79.5 15.6 39.5 13.4 212,234 211,401 95,898 55 897 8,796 103,516 1,163 0 1,008 69 189 644 786 685 3 5 3 1 673 25 33 8 204 58 222 9 68 (X) 40 5 1 101 22 5 60 12 1 64,270 65,905 270 74,973 74,715 71,057 37,564 5,233 951 (X) 2,188 20,779 2,306 147 1,889 3,658 68 698 164 10 212 2,506 80,105
Source: U.S. Postal Service, Annual Report of the Postmaster General and Comprehensive Statement on Postal Operations, annual; and unpublished data.
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HEADNOTES [166,301 represents 166,301,000,000. For years ending September 30. Includes Puerto Rico and all outlying areas. See text, SYMBOLS NA Not available. X Not applicable. Z Fewer than 500.
FOOTNOTES \1 Data for 1980 includes penalty and franked mail, not shown separately. \2 Items mailed at 1st class rates and weighing 11 ounces or less. \3 Includes discontinued operations, area offices, and nurses. \4 For career bargaining unit employees. Includes fringe benefits. \5 Net revenues after refunds of postage. Includes operating reimbursements, stamped envelope purchases, indemnity claims, and miscellaneous revenue and expenditure offsets. Shown in year which gave rise to the earnings. \6 For 1980, includes penalty and franked mail, not shown separately. Later years have that mail distributed into the appropriate class. \7 Provides 2 to 3 day delivery service. \8 Overnight delivery of packages weighing up to 70 pounds. \9 Beginning 2000, return receipt revenue broken out from reqistry, certified, insurance and included in "other." \1\0 Shown in year in which obligation was incurred. Source: U.S. Postal Service, Annual Report of the Postmaster General and Comprehensive Statement on Postal Operations, annual; and unpublished data. INTERNET LINK http://www.usps.com/
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