SEATTLE — The U.S. Postal Service is hiring temporary employees to work during the upcoming holiday mailing season at mail processing facilities across the state.

Mailhandler and Postal Support Employee (PSE) Clerk positions are available at the following locations – Seattle Christmas Facility (near Sea-Tac Airport); Priority Mail Annex in Kent; Network Distribution Center in Federal Way, and at the processing and distribution facilities in Seattle, Everett, Tacoma, Olympia, Wenatchee, Yakima, Pasco and Spokane.

The non-career positions range in pay from $11 an hour to $14.60 an hour and there are no benefits. Number of hours worked will depend on mail volume.

There are also some temporary Tractor-Trailer Operator and Motor Vehicle Operator positions available. Applicants must have a Class A or Class B Commercial Driver’s License. The pay ranges between $15.52 and $15.85 an hour.

Interested parties must apply for the positions online at the Postal Service’s website – usps.com. At the website, go to the bottom of the page and click on “Rewarding Opportunities.” On the right hand side click on “Search Jobs Online.” Under “Location” select Washington. Leave “ZIP Code” and “Functional Area” blank and click on “Start.” Find a job position that you want to apply for and click “Apply.”

All applicants must be at least 18 at the time of hire (or age 16 with a high school diploma) and be a U.S. citizen or have permanent alien status.

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 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. We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.