2012 Annual Report to Congress and Comprehensive Statement

Operating statistics

Shipping and Packages Services statistics

(in millions of units indicated, unaudited)

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

Express Mail

Revenue

$

802

$

800

$

829

$

884

$

901

Number of Pieces

40

40

43

47

48

Weight, Pounds

41

39

40

45

47

First Class Packages

Revenue

$

1,524

$

1,284

$

1,170

$

1,117

$

1,121

Number of Pieces

705

638

599

583

606

Weight, Pounds

230

209

195

190

195

Priority Mail

Revenue

$

5,940

$

5,636

$

5,455

$

5,368

$

5,484

Number of Pieces

824

790

779

791

852

Weight, Pounds

1,694

1,693

1,670

1,636

1,747

Parcel Select Mail

Revenue

$

1,626

$

1,277

$

1,106

$

1,104

$

1,158

Number of Pieces

1,241

1,077

951

908

982

Weight, Pounds

1,869

1,619

1,287

1,178

1,343

Parcel Return Service Mail

Revenue

$

115

$

92

$

65

$

49

$

32

Number of Pieces

47

38

28

18

12

Weight, Pounds

140

118

72

39

15

Package Services

Revenue

$

1,589

$

1,581

$

1,531

$

1,671

$

1,833

Number of Pieces

645

675

657

730

846

Weight, Pounds

1,757

1,784

1,742

1,873

2,155

Total Shipping & Package Services

Revenue

$

11,596

$

10,670

$

10,156

$

10,193

$

10,529

Number of Pieces

3,502

3,258

3,057

3,077

3,346

Weight, Pounds

5,731

5,462

5,006

4,961

5,502

Ancillary & Special Services

Certified Mail

Revenue

$

663

$

708

$

791

$

731

$

718

Number of Articles

227

251

283

267

269

Return Receipts

Revenue

$

399

$

478

$

557

$

544

$

550

Number of Articles

170

195

223

221

230

Delivery Confirmation

Revenue

$

228

$

244

$

224

$

166

$

147

Number of Articles

1,819

1,482

1,371

1,063

961

P.O. Box Rent Revenue

$

837

$

808

$

816

$

817

$

897

Money Orders

Revenue

$

165

$

172

$

182

$

190

$

205

Number of Articles

109

116

123

135

149

Insurance

Revenue

$

109

$

117

$

128

$

129

$

145

Number of Articles

30

35

40

44

52

Shipping and Mailing Supplies

Revenue

$

118

$

112

$

107

$

N/A

$

N/A

Number of Articles

70

62

62

N/A

N/A

Other Services Revenue

$

1,266

$

791

$

985

$

417

$

971

Total Other Services Revenue

$

3,785

$

3,430

$

3,790

$

2,994

$

3,633

Operating statistics

Revenue, pieces and weight statistics

(In millions of units indicated, unaudited)

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

First-Class Mail

Revenue

$

28,867

$

30,030

$

32,111

$

33,848

$

36,156

Number of Pieces

68,696

72,522

77,592

82,727

90,671

Weight, Pounds

3,296

3,459

3,451

3,437

3,910

Standard Mail

Revenue

$

16,428

$

17,175

$

16,728

$

16,707

$

19,939

Number of Pieces

79,496

83,957

81,841

81,763

98,350

Weight, Pounds

8,300

8,770

9,043

8,970

10,685

Shipping & Packages Services

Revenue

$

11,596

$

10,670

$

10,156

$

10,193

$

10,529

Number of Pieces

3,502

3,258

3,057

3,077

3,346

Weight, Pounds

5,731

5,462

5,006

4,961

5,502

International Mail

Revenue

$

2,816

$

2,585

$

2,388

$

2,310

$

2,380

Number of Pieces

926

987

594

759

835

Weight, Pounds

463

445

243

241

282

Periodicals

Revenue

$

1,731

$

1,821

$

1,879

$

2,038

$

2,295

Number of Pieces

6,741

7,077

7,269

7,901

8,605

Weight, Pounds

2,535

2,725

2,778

3,018

3,677

U.S. Postal Service

Number of Pieces

440

434

438

455

824

Weight, Pounds

145

150

134

128

148

Free Matter for the Blind

Number of Pieces

58

62

68

62

72

Weight, Pounds

25

30

32

30

33

Other Services

Revenue*

$

3,785

$

3,430

$

3,790

$

2,994

$

3,633

Postal Service Totals

Revenue

$

65,223

$

65,711

$

67,052

$

68,090

$

74,932

Number of Pieces

159,859

168,297

170,859

176,744

202,703

Weight, Pounds

20,495

21,041

20,687

20,785

24,237

Note: The charts have been reformatted to reflect the new presentation which is more representative of how the Postal Service manages the business. The following summarizes the major reclassification changes:

  • The new First-Class Package Services now includes the First-Class Parcels category formerly included in First-Class Mail.
  • Parcel Select, Parcel Return & Standard Parcels now include Standard Mail Parcels category formerly included in Standard Mail.
  • The International category now includes all international revenues, pieces and weight formerly included in First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Package Services and Other.

* Includes a $59 million decrease and increases of $298 million, a $103 million, $655 million, $230 million to the deferred revenue-prepaid postage liability in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. As this is a change in estimate, the decrease in revenue is accounted for in Other Mailing Services revenue.

Operating statistics

Post Office and delivery points

(in actual units indicated, unaudited)

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Post Offices, Stations, and Branches

Postal-Managed

Post Offices

26,755

26,927

27,077

27,161

27,232

Classified stations, branches, and carrier annexes

5,102

5,219

5,451

5,501

5,509

Total Postal-Managed

31,857

32,146

32,528

32,662

32,741

Contract Postal Units

2,839

2,904

2,931

3,037

3,148

Community Post Offices

673

706

763

797

834

Total Offices, Stations, and Branches

35,369

35,756

36,222

36,496

36,723

Residential Delivery Points

City delivery

81,040,591

80,792,112

80,531,231

80,187,505

79,848,415

Rural

39,449,400

39,067,740

38,638,280

38,264,946

37,684,158

PO Box

15,994,508

15,891,349

15,739,698

15,601,883

15,639,031

Highway contract

2,678,508

2,639,061

2,607,138

2,576,166

2,516,783

Total Residential Delivery

139,163,007

138,390,262

137,516,347

136,630,500

135,688,387

Business Delivery Points

City delivery

7,525,979

7,487,332

7,457,500

7,483,461

7,436,965

Rural

1,493,644

1,468,861

1,453,292

1,439,266

1,407,942

PO Box

3,889,964

4,072,664

4,355,674

4,489,688

4,587,454

Highway contract

73,957

72,872

72,648

72,966

71,538

Total Business Delivery

12,983,544

13,101,729

13,339,114

13,485,381

13,503,899

Total Delivery Points

152,146,551

151,491,991

150,855,461

150,115,881

149,192,286

Change in delivery points

654,560

636,530

739,580

923,595

1,199,764

Operating statistics

Employees

(actual numbers, unaudited)

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Career Employees

Headquarters and HQ Related Employees

Headquarters

2,922

2,745

2,937

2,811

2,892

Headquarters – Field Support Units

4,189

4,213

4,876

4,455

4,429

Inspection Service – Field

2,403

2,398

2,435

2,617

2,890

Inspector General

1,124

1,123

1,108

1,155

1,159

Total HQ and HQ Related Employees

10,638

10,479

11,356

11,038

11,370

 

Field Employees

Area Offices

805

809

1,079

1,047

1,316

Postmasters/Installation Heads

17,376

22,212

23,111

23,672

25,250

Supervisors/Managers

23,566

25,083

27,792

28,812

31,787

Professional Administration and Technical Personnel

4,501

4,571

5,926

6,460

8,010

Clerks/Nurses

139,666

149,562

157,168

177,842

194,907

Mail Handlers

42,033

46,596

48,650

52,954

55,812

City Delivery Carriers

176,808

183,774

192,180

200,658

211,661

Motor Vehicle Operators

6,885

7,064

7,413

8,113

8,558

Rural Delivery Carriers – Full-time

66,549

66,186

66,845

67,749

68,900

Building and Equipment Maintenance Personnel

34,705

36,032

37,403

39,531

40,248

Vehicle Maintenance Employees

4,926

4,883

4,985

5,252

5,419

Total Field Employees

517,820

546,772

572,552

612,090

651,868

Total Career Employees

528,458

557,251

583,908

623,128

663,238

 

Noncareer Employees

Casuals

5,651

2,606

6,503

4,271

12,000

Postal Support Employees

20,281

10,471

0

0

0

Nonbargaining Temporary

3,537

2,259

1,910

1,659

1,119

Rural Part-Time: Subs/RCA/RCR/AUX

48,170

50,349

51,801

54,529

58,072

Postmaster Relief and Leave Replacements

8,727

9,138

11,350

11,477

12,327

Transitional Employees

14,204

13,876

16,215

17,018

18,332

Total Noncareer Employees

100,570

88,699

87,779

88,954

101,850

Total Employees

629,028

645,950

671,687

712,082

765,088

Note: The Postal Support Employees category was newly created in 2011.