New pay rate implementation
Effective April 19 (date is tentative), all city letter carriers will begin earning new pay rates that include the following increases pursuant to the terms of the 2023 National Agreement set by Arbitrator Dennis R. Nolan in the interest arbitration award dated March 21, 2025:
For career city carriers:
- $978 Cost of Living Adjustment effective Aug. 26, 2023
- 1.3% General Wage Increase effective Nov. 18, 2023
- $353 Cost of Living Adjustment effective March 9, 2024
- $978 Cost of Living Adjustment effective Sept. 7, 2024
- 1.4% General Wage Increase effective Nov. 16, 2024
- $416 Cost of Living Adjustment effective March 8, 2025
*Cost of living increases referenced above are adjusted and paid proportionally to each step’s percentage of Step P for city carriers in Table 2 in accordance with Article 9.3.D of the National Agreement.
For city carrier assistants:
- 1.3% General Wage Increase and an additional 1.0% increase effective Nov. 18, 2023
- 1.4% General Wage Increase and an additional 1.0% increase effective Nov. 16, 2024
*City carrier assistants receive the additional 1.0% increases referenced above in lieu of cost of living adjustments pursuant to Article 9.7 of the National Agreement.
These new pay rates for all city letter carriers are tentatively scheduled to be reflected in the May 9 paychecks.
Backpay will be calculated from the effective dates of the pay increases indicated above through April 19 (tentative). The Postal Service has indicated that it will take some time to calculate the back pay for more than 210,000 letter carriers but tentatively expects the process to be completed and payments made sometime in August.
The new pay rates can be seen in the new letter carrier pay schedule available here.
