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Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
Delivers mail and packages for the U.S. Postal Service.
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Mail carriers sort and deliver mail and packages on walking or driving routes in all weather. Postal jobs are federal jobs with benefits.
The guide checks the courses against your plan, with things to try each year. Free account needed.
High school courses that build toward it
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical
Builds business management, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Government and Economics · Social Studies
Builds law and government, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.