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Market evidence report — mail-clerk

Source: 57 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 57), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-15. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority Ads Share
junior 26 46 %
n/a 24 42 %
mid 7 12 %

Tools — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 scanners 15 26 %
2 labeling tools 12 21 %
3 mailroom equipment 12 21 %
4 computerized point-of-sale systems 5 9 %
5 Microsoft Office 3 5 %
6 postage meters 3 5 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 mail sorting 31 54 %
2 data entry 19 33 %
3 record maintenance 14 25 %
4 mail processing 13 23 %
5 package handling 13 23 %
6 parcel inspection 12 21 %
7 mail distribution 11 19 %
8 record keeping 9 16 %
9 customer service 7 12 %
10 mail handling 7 12 %
11 cash handling 5 9 %
12 package preparation 5 9 %
13 inventory management 3 5 %
14 loading 3 5 %
15 mail delivery 3 5 %
16 outgoing mail processing 3 5 %
17 shipping 3 5 %
18 sorting 3 5 %
19 unloading 3 5 %

Methods — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share

Responsibilities — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 customer assistance 25 44 %
2 mail distribution 19 33 %
3 compliance with regulations 12 21 %
4 mail handling 12 21 %
5 mail sorting 11 19 %
6 equipment operation 10 18 %
7 mail processing 8 14 %
8 parcel routing 7 12 %
9 mail delivery 6 11 %
10 package weighing 5 9 %
11 mail pickup 4 7 %
12 customer inquiry response 3 5 %
13 labeling 3 5 %
14 outgoing mail processing 3 5 %
15 parcel preparation 3 5 %
16 postage application 3 5 %
17 retail area maintenance 3 5 %
18 shipping options 3 5 %
19 work area maintenance 3 5 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 57 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

57 ads.

Top hard skills:

  • mail sorting — 54 % (31 ads)
  • data entry — 33 % (19 ads)
  • record maintenance — 25 % (14 ads)
  • mail processing — 23 % (13 ads)
  • package handling — 23 % (13 ads)
  • parcel inspection — 21 % (12 ads)
  • mail distribution — 19 % (11 ads)
  • record keeping — 16 % (9 ads)
  • customer service — 12 % (7 ads)
  • mail handling — 12 % (7 ads)

Top tools:

  • scanners — 26 % (15 ads)
  • labeling tools — 21 % (12 ads)
  • mailroom equipment — 21 % (12 ads)
  • computerized point-of-sale systems — 9 % (5 ads)
  • Microsoft Office — 5 % (3 ads)
  • postage meters — 5 % (3 ads)
  • FedEx — 4 % (2 ads)
  • mailroom software — 4 % (2 ads)
  • Microsoft Excel — 4 % (2 ads)
  • Microsoft Word — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: junior 46 % · n/a 42 % · mid 12 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

Job title variants in the market

Title Ads
High Pay jobs - USPS Mail Clerk 12
Mailroom Clerk 8
Mail Room Clerk 6
USPS Postal Clerk - Entry Level 6
Mail Clerk Assistant 3
Mail Clerk 2
Mail Clerk - DC/MD/VA 2
USPS Mailroom Clerk 2
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE MAILROOM CLERK (FULL TIME) 1
Federal Mail Room Specialist 1
General Clerk II (Mailroom) - Secret Clearance Required 1
Mail Clerk - Earn up to $27/hr 1
Mail Clerk 1 1
Mail Clerk at System One Columbia, MD 1
Mail Clerk, Housing 1
Mail Clerk/Customer service 1
Mail Processing Clerk 1
Mail Room Clerk III - Onsite 1
Mailroom 1
Mailroom Processor/Mailroom Clerk 1
Part-Time Mailroom Clerk — Onsite & Growth Path 1
Receptionist/Mail Room Clerk 1
U.S. Mail Specialist/Clerk - NSWCCD MD 1
University Mail Clerk-Valid Driver's License 1

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.