{"id":38483,"date":"2025-09-25T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=38483"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:38:42","slug":"usps-announces-no-stamp-price-changes-for-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2025\/09\/25\/usps-announces-no-stamp-price-changes-for-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Announces No Stamp Price Changes for January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><em>Postmaster General David Steiner confirms no price increase for Market Dominant products in January 2026<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Delivering For America plan continues progress in controlling costs<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Postal Service prices remain among the most affordable in the world<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2014 9\/24\/25 &#8211; A recommendation by Postmaster General David Steiner not to raise prices in January 2026 for Market Dominant products, which includes First-Class Mail, was accepted by the governors of the United States Postal Service. The price of a stamp to mail a 1-ounce single-piece First-Class letter will not increase in early 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service\u2019s operational strategies are designed to maintain cost efficiency, boost service reliability and overall productivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continually strive to balance our pricing approach both to meet the revenue needs of the Postal Service and to deliver affordable offerings that reflect market conditions,\u201d Steiner said. \u201cWe have therefore decided at this time to forgo a price change for First-Class Mail postage and other Market Dominant services until mid-year 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service continues to work toward delivering on the tenets of our strategic 10-year plan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/what\/strategic-plans\/delivering-for-america\/\"><em>Delivering for America<\/em><\/a>, and executing our public service mission \u2014 to provide a nationwide, integrated network for the delivery of mail and packages at least six days a week \u2014 in a cost-effective and financially sustainable manner over the long term, just as the U.S. Congress intended and the law requires.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service also remains committed to continued cost-saving measures and keeping products and services affordable. We continue to take a very considered approach to pricing and note that only a handful of countries around the world offer a lower price for a domestic single-piece letter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"># # #<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-release-footer\">\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to nearly 169 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usps.com\/deliveringforamerica\"><em>Delivering for America<\/em><\/a>, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America\u2019s most valued and trusted brands.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-30360\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postmaster General David Steiner confirms no price increase for Market Dominant products in January 2026 Delivering For America plan continues progress in controlling costs Postal Service prices remain among the most affordable in the world WASHINGTON \u2014 9\/24\/25 &#8211; A recommendation by Postmaster General David Steiner not to raise prices in January 2026 for Market [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38484,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38483\/revisions\/38484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}