Postal Service Mail Carriers
Decatur, IL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 120.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Decatur earn more.
$59,880 in Decatur buys what $67,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Decatur's regional price parity is 88.4 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Illinois
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Decatur |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | $63,750 | $61,500 | 103.6 | −9.1% |
| Bloomington | $62,960 | $67,300 | 93.5 | −0.6% |
| Champaign | $59,990 | $64,700 | 92.7 | −4.4% |
| Decatur This page | $59,880 | $67,700 | 88.4 | — |
| Peoria | $59,880 | $65,600 | 91.2 | −3.1% |
| Springfield | $59,880 | $64,600 | 92.7 | −4.7% |
| Rockford | $59,010 | $64,000 | 92.2 | −5.4% |
| Kankakee | $57,030 | $59,200 | 96.4 | −12.6% |
Price parity and difference against Decatur are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 18.4% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it is roughly flat — people in this occupation in Decatur earn about what they earned in 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 120 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 43-5052, Postal Service Mail Carriers. Mapped to our taxonomy as postal-service-mail-carriers.
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