{"id":824,"date":"2010-04-10T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T14:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=824"},"modified":"2010-04-10T15:20:46","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T20:20:46","slug":"ups-and-fedex-incomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2010\/04\/10\/ups-and-fedex-incomes\/","title":{"rendered":"UPS and FedEx Incomes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UPS<\/a><\/p>\n

by Rick Owens
\nwww.postalemployeenetwork.com<\/a><\/p>\n

A few weeks ago I wrote an article entitled Postal or Federal Employee Pay<\/a>. It seems that every newspaper and media writer in the world keeps stating that postal employees earn about $83,000 per year. While this may be almost true when you factor in USPS costs for holidays, annual leave, sick leave, etc for each employee – it also leads the public to think that we earn $83,000 per year and get benefits on top<\/span> of that.<\/p>\n

If you desire to compare our salaries with the private sector then you should do so by comparing salaries with United Parcel Service and FedEx – our two main peer industry counterparts. Here’s what I found:<\/p>\n

What is the average wage of UPS truck drivers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answers.com<\/a> says “Averages are so misleading. The average UPS driver’s pay at this time 12\/07\/2007 is about $72,000 cash, and benefits of about $30,000. But drivers with enough seniority can get more overtime by “bumping” junior employees, and with 15 hours of OT can earn over $90,000. And with 20 hours OT can earn over $100,000 cash, not including benefits.<\/p>\n

So senior drivers can earn OVER $130,000 in cash and benefits. There are ways to earn a few thousand more by working vacations and overlapping vacations with paid holidays.”<\/p>\n

Additionally, we found UPS hourly rates posted at Payscale.com<\/a>. FedEx Hourly Rates here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another source listed UPS and FedEx pay here:<\/p>\n

FedEx Salaries – Glassdoor.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Salary\/FedEx-Salaries-E246.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

UPS – Glassdoor.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Salaries\/united-parcel-service-salary-SRCH_KE0,21.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

For some reason most media outlets believe that postal employee salaries should be compared only to federal government employees – you know, as I do, that this is NOT the case. Salaries or pay for ANY company should be compared to their industry peers – in our case that is UPS and FedEx. USPS should remember this during their negotiations with our unions and during their current attempt to curtail 6 day delivery, change USPS (changes you can believe in???), close facilities, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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