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Postmasters and Mail Superintendents vs Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Postmasters and Mail Superintendents and Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$92,730
$48,880
Employment · BLS OEWS
13,810
211,000
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
33rd pct
75th pct

At a glance

Dimension Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Median pay $92,730 $48,880
Employment 13,810 211,000
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-3.5%) Declining (-0.9%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 900 18,500
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 33rd pct High · 75th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 79th pct · 42% of tasks 88th pct · 49% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (50.0%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Administration and Management, Public Safety and Security, English Language, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Time Management, Oral Comprehension, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Customer and Personal Service, Deductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Problem Sensitivity, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Near Vision, Personnel and Human Resources, Administrative, Computers and Electronics, Transportation, Written Expression, Category Flexibility, Service Orientation, Writing, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making.

Specific to Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

  • Production and Processing
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Education and Training
  • Negotiation
  • Mathematics
  • Learning Strategies
  • Persuasion
  • Instructing

Specific to Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

  • Selective Attention
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Systems Analysis
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Speed of Closure
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Time Sharing
  • Far Vision

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Operating system software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Data base user interface and query software , Time accounting software , Map creation software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

Specific to Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents or Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Postmasters and Mail Superintendents vs Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/postmasters-and-mail-superintendents-vs-dispatchers-except-police-fire-and-ambulance

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Singulariki. (2026). Postmasters and Mail Superintendents vs Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/postmasters-and-mail-superintendents-vs-dispatchers-except-police-fire-and-ambulance

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Postmasters and Mail Superintendents vs Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/postmasters-and-mail-superintendents-vs-dispatchers-except-police-fire-and-ambulance}
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