The U.S. Postal Service is comprised of Corporate headquarters, located in Washington, DC,
Headquarters Field Units, and 10 area offices that have eighty-five districts.

Positions

Individuals are employed as craft/bargaining unit employees and non-bargaining unit employees. Such craft/bargaining employes are clerks, carriers, mail
processors, mail handlers, mark-up clerks, and flat-sorting machine operators. Non-bargaining unit employees may include computer programmers, nurses,
accountants, and information specialists.

There are four types of positions in the U.S. Postal Service. That is, employees or workers are known as follows:

1. Full-Time Regular:
2. Part-Time Flexible
3. Part-Time Regular
4. Casual

Full-Time Regulars are permanent employees who are guaranteed 40 hours a-week work. They have holidays’ pay (even without working), and they are given
full benefits as full-time federal employees. They are sometimes called “permanent” employees.

Part-Time Flexibles are career-appointed employees. However, they are not guaranteed 40 hours a week; that is, they can work only for 30 to 40 hours a week
depending on the volume of mail or where they work. They are, however, employees who receive full benefits. In other words, after working for four hours, they can be sent home if
there’s no more work to be done. All postal workers start as flexibles; that is, their time is flexible. They may be assigned from one shift to another as the need
arises. They usually work overtime during the Christmas season.

Part-Time Regulars. They may be considered as “regular” part-timers. They are similar in some ways to “flexible” employees, but they are work on a set
schedule.

Casuals. They are temporary employees who work mostly during the Christmas season, which may last only for a few weeks. Their pay is less than the other
Postal Workers’. Like the Part-Time Regulars and the Part-Time Flexibles, they are paid per hour.

Salaries

The Postal salary system consists of several pay schedules. They are the Postal Service (PS) for bargaining-unit employees and the Executive and
Administrative Schedule (EAS) for non-bargaining-unit employees. The pay period for employees begins on Saturday and covers a two-week period ending on
Friday. Postal employees are paid every two weeks following the end of the pay period.

Here’s a schedule of salaries under the 1998-2000 Contract (obtained from the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO:

Schedule One

Salary and Rates effective September 9, 2000 (Sixth Pay Raise)

Full-Time Regular Rates

Grade and Step

Grade L-1
Step AA to K (Per Year)
$24,839 - $36,314

Grade: L-2
Step AA to K
25,165 - $36,974

Grade: L-3
Step AA to K
$25,25,510 - $37,681

Grade: L-4
Step A to K
$27,965 - $38,451

Grade L-5
Step A to K
$29,496 - $39,275

Grade: L-6
Step A to K
$31,124 - $40,182

Grade L-7
Step A to K
$31,743 - $41,146

Part-Time Flexible Rates (Per Hour)

Grade: L-1
Step AA to K
$11.94 - $17.46

Grade: L-2
Step A - K
$12.10 - $17.78

Grade: L-3
Step AA to K
$12.26 - $18.12

Grade: L-4
Step A to K
$13.44 - $19.40

Grade: L-5
Step A to K
$14.18 - $18.88

Grade: L-6
Step A to K
$14.96 - $19.32

Grade: L-7
Step A to K
$15.26 - $19.78

Part-Time Flexible Rates (Per Hour)

Grade: L-1
Step AA to K
$12.42 - $18.16

Grade: L-2
Step AA to K
$12.58 - $18.49

Grade: L-3
Step AA to K
$12.76 - $18.84

Grade L-4
Step A to K
$13.98 - $19.23

Grade L-5
Step A to K
$14.75 - $19.64

Grade: L-6
Step A to K
$15.56 - $20.09

Grade: L-7
Step A to K
$15.87 - $20.57

Schedule Two

Salary and Rates effective September 9, 2000 (Sixth Pay Raise)

Full-Time Regular Rates

Grade and Step

Grade: L-1
Step BB to RC (Per Year)
$22,559 - $38,091

Grade: L-2
Step BB to RC
$23,598 - $38,813

Grade: L-3
Step BB to RC
$24,630 - $39,590

Grade: Level 4
Step A to RC
$27,965 - $40,365

Grade: L-5
Step A to RC
$29,496 - $41,256

Grade: L-6
Step A to RC
$31,124-$42,224

Grade: L-7
Step A to RC
$31,875 - 43,305

Grade: L-8
Step A to RC
$37,455 - $44,865

Grade: L-9
Step D to RC
$38,343 - $46,182

Grade: L-10
Step D to RC
$39,279 - $47,586

Part-Time Flexible Rates

Grade and Step

Grade: L-1
Step BB to RC (Per Hour Rates)
$11.26 - $19.05

Grade: L-2
Step BB to RC
$11-80 - $19.41

Grade: L-3
Step BB to RC
$12.32 - $19.80

Grade: L-4
Step A to RC
$13.98 - $20.19

Grade: L-5
Step A to RC
$14.75 - $20.63

Grade: L-6
Step A to RC
$15.56 - $21.11

Grade: L-7
Step A to RC
$15.94 - $21.65

Grade: L-8
Step D to RC
$18.73 - $22.43

Grade: L-9
Step D to RC
$19.17 - $23.09

Grade-10
Step D to RC
$19.64 - $23.79

Part-Time Regular Rates

Grade and Step

Grade: L-1
Step BB to RC (Per Hour)
$10.85 - $18.31

Grade: L-2
Step BB to RC
$11.35 - $18.65

Grade: L-3
Step BB to RC
$11.84 - $19.03

Grade: L-4
Step A to RC
$13.44 - $19.42

Grade: L-5
Step A to RC
$14.18 - $19.83

Grade: L-6
Step A to RC
$14.96 - $20.30

Grade: L-7
Step A to RC
$15.32 - $20.82

Grade: L-8
Step D to RC
$18.01 - $21.57

Grade: L-9
Step D to RC
$18.43 - $22.20

Grade: L-10
Step D to RC
$18.88 - $22.88

(For detailed pay schedules for Federal and Postal Pay Schedules, go to the following sites:

Federal Job Pay Scale

Postal Job Pay Chart

City Letter Carriers Pay Scale

Rural Carrier Pay Chart

The U.S. Postal Service offers excellent benefits. Such benefits include life and health insurance, retirement plan, savings and investment plan with employer contribution, and annual and sick leaves