USPS work force down 5.4% compared to last year

[manOman]

I copied this from the PostalNews site:

The US Postal Service has reduced its career complement by 36,326 employees in the last twelve months, a reduction of 5.4%. The clerk craft took the biggest hit, losing 15,374 employees, or -7.7%. The larger city carrier craft lost 11,435 positions, or -5.3%. Mail handlers were down 2,938, or -5.2%.  Rural carriers had the smallest decline, 753 jobs, or -1.1%.   Managers and supervisors lost 1,902 jobs, or -6%, Headquarters is down 153 or -5.3%, while the Area offices lost 173, or -13.3%.

(Source: On Rolls and Paid Employee report filed by USPS with the PRC. All numbers reflect actual on rolls complement, not authorized staffing.)

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I'm guessing that "smallest decline" in rural carrier jobs is gonna get lots of discussion. Salary-wise, though, I bet we've taken the biggest hit...