USPS Mail Carrier- Los Angeles, Ca
- United States Postal Service
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Jun 06, 2026
Job Description
- Delivery and collection: Deliver letters, documents, and packages to homes and businesses and collect outgoing mail.
- Sorting: Sort mail for each delivery in the correct sequence before leaving the post office.
- Loading/unloading: Load and unload mail and packages onto and off of mail trucks.
- Customer service: Answer customer questions about postal regulations, provide forms like change-of-address cards, and sell stamps and money orders.
- Special handling: Obtain signatures for registered, certified, and insured mail.
- Reporting: Maintain logs, report unusual circumstances, and communicate any delays to supervisors.
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Physical:Ability to lift up to 70 pounds, work in all weather conditions, and walk for long periods.
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Legal:Must be at least 21 years old with a valid driver's license and legal authorization to work in the US.
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Other:Must pass a background check and a drug test.
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Skills:A fast learner who can pay close attention to detail and work independently after training.
- Carriers work both indoors at the post office and outdoors along their routes.
- Delivery routes can be in cities, towns, or rural areas.
- The work is performed rain or shine, and snow, cold, and heat
Martin Rivera/ Damon Oliver
Qualifications
State
The Postal Service is the second largest employer in the United States. We offer our team variety, training, and ways to move up. We have specific programs for recent grads and skills matching for applicants with military experience.
From mail carriers to corporate management, we all work together to provide efficient, affordable service to the American public. USPS is an excellent workplace for self-motivated individuals who enjoy independence and measurable goals with the added satisfaction of serving our communities.
Benefits
Great benefits include more than good pay. USPS has competitive salaries and premium benefits.
- Multiple health and life insurance choices
- Retirement and thrift savings plans
- Vacation time and sick leave
- Qualifying education assistance
Building a Career at USPS
Our workers are the backbone of USPS service. We want to develop and advance their careers within USPS, so our development programs train and prepare our employees for promotions and growth in a variety of USPS business areas.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
It is the policy of the Postal Service to provide equal employment opportunity and prevent employment discrimination. We seek to attract and retain a diverse workforce in which employees respect and value each other’s differences and work to promote collaboration, flexibility, and fairness so that all employees are able to participate and contribute to their full potential. Should you become a USPS employee, you will be required to perform your duties in a manner that complies with these policies and objectives.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) process
The efile website allows you to initiate a request for EEO counseling online and view the status of any EEO case that you originally initiated with efile. For information about the EEO process, please see “Publication 133 – What You Need to Know About EEO.”
We connect the nation
The U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation: 160 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
With more than 34,000 retail locations and one of the most frequently visited websites in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual operating revenue of more than $71 billion and delivers 48 percent of the world’s mail. With more than 630,000 employees, we are one of the nation’s largest employers. And we have one of the world’s largest computer networks.
Our strategic initiatives and continuous improvement efforts are guided by these goals:
- Deliver a world-class customer experience
- Equip, empower and engage employees
- Innovate faster to deliver value
- Invest in our future platforms
- Support the legislative and regulatory changes to enable this vision
Mission statement
Adopted by the Board of Governors on April 1, 2020
Our history
The United States Postal Service has a storied history as the institution of our Government guaranteeing safe and secure communication among and between the Government and the American people.
Many are familiar with our history, which began with the Second Continental Congress and Benjamin Franklin in 1775 and continued in 1787 when the Postal Clause of the U.S. Constitution empowered Congress to establish post offices and post roads. Congress exercised those powers with the passage of The Post Office Act of 1792, which made the Postal Service a permanent fixture of the Federal Government. The Act included provisions to facilitate freedom of the press, the privacy of personal correspondence, and expand the nation’s physical infrastructure, all vital to our nation’s growth and prosperity.
These principles and objectives endure. While radio, television and the Internet have irrevocably altered our information-gathering habits, postal correspondence remains the most secure and resilient form of communication, providing the American People with a delivery infrastructure vital to our National Security.
USPS retains the largest physical and logistical infrastructure of any non-military government institution, providing an indispensable foundation supporting an ever changing and evolving nationwide communication network. Capitalizing on its expertise in scheduling and high-volume sorting, USPS also serves a vital role enabling digital commerce.
Our mission
- To serve the American people and, through the universal service obligation, bind our nation together by maintaining and operating our unique, vital and resilient infrastructure.
- To provide trusted, safe and secure communications and services between our Government and the American people, businesses and their customers, and the American people with each other.
- To serve all areas of our nation, making full use of evolving technologies.
Carrying out our mission
To meet this Mission we will:
- Remain an integral part of the United States Government, providing all Americans with universal and open access to our unrivalled delivery and storefront network.
- Maintain and enhance our reputation and role as a trusted face of the federal government in every community and provide all levels of government with access to our network and services.
- Provide frequent, reliable, safe and secure delivery of mail, packages and other communications to all Americans.
- Use technology, innovation and where appropriate private sector partnerships, to optimize and adapt our network, operations and business model to meet the changing needs of our customers and delivery recipients, while maintaining our core mission.
- Operate in a modern, efficient and effective manner that allows us to minimize what we charge for our services, consistent with meeting, in a fair way, our obligations to our current and retired employees and other stakeholders.
- Remain an employer of choice, able to attract, retain and develop high quality employees that possess the skills necessary to excel in a rapidly changing business environment.
Martin Rivera