Last week, the average time for the Postal Service to deliver a mailpiece or package across the United States was 2.8 days, according to data released Feb. 5.
The data also show that from Jan. 1-26, which represents the fiscal year’s second quarter thus far, USPS delivered 82.7 percent of First-Class Mail on time when compared with the organization’s service standard.
This was a decrease of 3.2 percentage points when compared with the fiscal year’s first quarter.
USPS delivered 92.2 percent of Marketing Mail on time, down 1.5 percentage points when compared with the previous quarter, and 80.2 percent of Periodicals on time, consistent with first-quarter performance.
