Just One Day in the Life of the U.S. Postal Service . . . by the Numbers
Each day the Postal Service picks up, processes, and delivers millions of letters and packages. No single operation in the world comes close to this level of connectivity for so many households and businesses.
people visit usps.com daily
On average, 7 million people visit usps.com each day.
address changes daily
On average, the Postal Service processes more than 93,000 address changes each day.
USPS Fleet of Feet
There are 6,600 carriers who deliver mail entirely on foot. These carriers are our Fleet of Feet.
packages processed daily
On average, the Postal Service processes and delivers 23.5 million packages each day.
mail pieces per second
On average, the Postal Service processes 3,684 pieces of mail each second.
mail pieces per minute
The Postal Service processes an average of 221,000 pieces of mail each minute.
mail pieces processed daily
The Postal Service processed and delivered an average of 318 million mail pieces daily in 2023.
in the Postal Service
Each day the Postal Service picks up, processes and delivers millions of letters and packages. No single operation in the world comes close to this level of connectivity for so many households and businesses.
pounds of mail fly each day
The Postal Service uses 140 domestic airports to fly six million pounds of mail each day.
addresses added daily
The Postal Service added an average of 5,629 addresses to its delivery network every day in 2023.
of mail processed daily
On average, the Postal Service processes and delivers 152.3 million pieces of First-Class Mail each day.
pieces processed each hour
On average, the Postal Service processes 318 million mail pieces each day, 13.3 million each hour, 221,000 each minute and 3,684 each second.
383.3 M — number of mail pieces processed and delivered each day.
16 M — average number of mail pieces processed each hour.
226,000 — average number of mail pieces processed each minute.
4,437 — average number of mail pieces processed each second.
per day
In 2023, the Postal Service paid $2.03 billion in salaries and benefits every two-week pay period. On average, the Postal Service pays $5.8 million in salaries and benefits daily.
million in revenue daily
The Postal Service receives, on average, $258.9 million in revenue each day.
Trademarks
The Sonic Eagle Logo, the trade dress of USPS packaging, the Letter Carrier Uniform and the Postal Truck and the following marks are among the many trademarks owned by the United States Postal Service: Click-N-Ship®, Deliver The Win®, EDDM®, ePostage®, Every Door Direct Mail®, Express Mail®, First-Class™, First-Class Mail®, First-Class Package International Service®, Forever®, Global Express Guaranteed®, IMb®, Informed Delivery®, Intelligent Mail®, Label Broker™, Parcel Select®, P.O. Box™, Post Office®, Pony Express®, Postal Inspection Service™, PostalOne!®, Postal Police®, #PostalProud®, Priority Mail Express International®, Priority Mail Flat Rate®, Priority Mail International®, Priority: You®, Registered Mail™, Standard Mail®, The Postal Store®, United States Postal Inspection Service®, United States Postal Service®, U.S. Mail®, U.S. Postal Inspector™, U.S. Postal Service®, USPS®, USPS BlueEarth®, USPS Mobile®, USPS Operation Santa®, USPS Tracking®, usps.com®, We are people delivering to people™, ZIP+4® and ZIP Code™. This is not a comprehensive list of all Postal Service trademarks.
Non-Postal Trademarks
Dollar General®, Forest Stewardship Council®, How2Recycle®, McDonald’s®, National Dog Bite Prevention Week®, Starbucks®, Subway®, Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, The Climate Registry®.
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Trademarks
The Sonic Eagle Logo, the trade dress of USPS packaging, the Letter Carrier Uniform and the Postal Truck and the following marks are among the many trademarks owned by the United States Postal Service: Click-N-Ship®, Deliver The Win®, EDDM®, ePostage®, Every Door Direct Mail®, Express Mail®, First-Class™, First-Class Mail®, First-Class Package International Service®, Forever®, Global Express Guaranteed®, IMb®, Informed Delivery®, Intelligent Mail®, Label Broker™, Parcel Select®, P.O. Box™, Post Office®, Pony Express®, Postal Inspection Service™, PostalOne!®, Postal Police®, #PostalProud®, Priority Mail Express International®, Priority Mail Flat Rate®, Priority Mail International®, Priority: You®, Registered Mail™, Standard Mail®, The Postal Store®, United States Postal Inspection Service®, United States Postal Service®, U.S. Mail®, U.S. Postal Inspector™, U.S. Postal Service®, USPS®, USPS BlueEarth®, USPS Mobile®, USPS Operation Santa®, USPS Tracking®, usps.com®, We are people delivering to people™, ZIP+4® and ZIP Code™. This is not a comprehensive list of all Postal Service trademarks.
Non-Postal Trademarks
Dollar General®, Forest Stewardship Council®, How2Recycle®, McDonald’s®, National Dog Bite Prevention Week®, Starbucks®, Subway®, Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, The Climate Registry®.
Postal Facts 2024 provides the public with information about the U.S. Postal Service. The facts in this publication may be reproduced for the purpose of stating the fact itself, in a business, informational or academic context and the like, and in the body of text discussing factual subject matter relevant to the fact being presented. However, these facts may become outdated after publication and seeking the latest information is advised.
Produced by U.S. Postal Service Corporate Communications
© 2024 United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
© 2016-2024 United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
