In 2007, the USPS delivered over 200 billion pieces of mail, about 700 million pieces a day.
The USPS delivers more in one day than FedEx does in a year and more items in one week than United Parcel Service does in a year.
Each carrier delivers over 40 tons of mail per year.
An average carrier delivers more than 2,300 mail pieces per day on approximately 240,000 routes.
Postal FactsThe USPS is financially independent from the federal government, generating all its own revenues with no subsidies from American taxpayers. The postal service employs more U.S. workers than GM, Ford, and Chrysler combined. Postal Service employees are one of the few groups of federal workers with the right to bargain collectively for wages and conditions. |
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