Postal Service Workforce Continues To Decline
The US Postal Service has reduced its career complement from in the last twelve months (June 2008 to June 2009) from 669,372 to 633,046–a difference of 36,326. The clerk craft suffered the biggest reduction — 197,966 to 182,592 (15,374 lost jobs).
The other career employees categories also suffered a reduction of jobs from this same time last year:
(Total number of employees are in brackets)
City carriers – 11,435 (202,971)
Mail Handlers – 2,938 (53,651)
Motor Vehicle Operators – 385 (8,241)
Vehicle Maintenance – 127 (5,299)
Maintenance Service – 303 (39,807)
Rural carriers -753 (67,950)
Managers/Supervisors -1,902 (29,997)
PM/Installation Head – 1816 (23,285)
Headquarters -153 (2,727)
Area offices- 173 (1,130)
Source: USPS On Rolls and Paid Employee Statistics report (ORPES) June, 2009 (Pay Period 13, FY 2009) filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)