USPS employees 2004-2023

Also known as the U.S. Mail, United States Postal Service (USPS) employed some 525,469 people in 2023. The reported fiscal year ends on September 30.

United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government. It provides postal services in the United States. In 2023, the United States Postal Service collected some 78 billion U.S. dollars in revenue from delivering over 116 billion units of mail.

Parcel market in U.S.

The parcel market in the United States is dominated by United Postal Service (UPS), FedEx, and United States Postal Service (USPS). Out of the leading couriers and local delivery providers in the United States, the USPS had only 19 percent of the market, the least of all three. In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, around 17.2 billion pieces were sent and received in the transaction market. Furthermore, 7.3 billion parcels were sent and received in the United States in that same period.