What Do Postal Workers Do

Postal workers are the people who make sure your mail gets delivered. They sort letters and packages at the post office. Mail carriers bring the mail right to your door, rain or shine. Postal workers connect people by delivering birthday cards, letters, and packages every day.

Delivering the Mail

Mail carriers start their day early by sorting the mail for their route. They load up their trucks or bags and head out. Some carriers walk their routes in cities, while others drive in the countryside. They deliver to every house and business on their route. Postal workers deliver mail six days a week.

Inside the Post Office

At the post office, workers sort thousands of letters and packages. Big machines read addresses and send mail to the right bins. Workers help customers buy stamps, mail packages, and pick up deliveries. Some packages travel across the country and even around the world. The post office keeps everything moving.

Fun Facts

• The United States Postal Service delivers about 318 million pieces of mail every day.
• In the 1860s, the Pony Express used horses to deliver mail across the western United States.
• The ZIP code system was created in 1963 to help sort mail faster.

Did You Know?

The unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service is 'Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stops these couriers.' Postal workers really do deliver in almost any weather!