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Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

Plan, direct, or coordinate operational, administrative, management, and support services of a U.S.

Sector: Business & Finance
Preparation: Zone 2 — some preparation needed
O*NET code: 11-9131.00

What you'll actually do

The activities O*NET rates highest for this occupation, most important first. Numbers are out of 100.

Getting Information

central to the job — rated 88/100 for importance.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

central to the job — rated 87/100 for importance.
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others

central to the job — rated 85/100 for importance.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems

central to the job — rated 85/100 for importance.
Working with Computers

a major part of the work — rated 82/100 for importance.
Scheduling Work and Activities

a major part of the work — rated 79/100 for importance.

Plan, direct, or coordinate operational, administrative, management, and support services of a U.S. post office; or coordinate activities of workers engaged in postal and related work in assigned post office.

What it takes

Two numbers per line: the level the work expects, and how important it is to doing the job well. Both are O*NET ratings, already on a 0–100 scale.

Skills

Speaking

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Reading Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Time Management

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Coordination

Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Social Perceptiveness

Needed at a solid working level (50/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.

Knowledge

Administration and Management

Needed at a high level (66/100), and rated 86/100 for importance.
Public Safety and Security

Needed at a high level (62/100), and rated 80/100 for importance.
English Language

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 77/100 for importance.
Production and Processing

Needed at a high level (66/100), and rated 76/100 for importance.

Abilities

Oral Expression

Needed at a solid working level (57/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Oral Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (55/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Written Comprehension

Needed at a solid working level (54/100), and rated 75/100 for importance.
Deductive Reasoning

Needed at a solid working level (46/100), and rated 72/100 for importance.

How people get in

O*NET places this occupation in Zone 2 — some preparation needed. That is a statement about what employers typically require, not a rule about you.

Education

A high-school diploma is the usual starting point.

Experience

Some prior work experience helps but is rarely required.

Training

Expect a few months to a year of on-the-job training.

What it pays

These are typical business compensation bands by employer tier — sector-level figures, not a measured salary for Postmasters and Mail Superintendents specifically. Treat them as the shape of the market, then check a real posting for the number.

Fortune 100 Corp Track

$130k – $300k

Mid-size Companies

$80k – $135k

SMBs & Local Biz

$55k – $90k

How the work tends to run

Each line below is read off a single O*NET activity rating for this occupation — named, so you can disagree with it.

Most of the day happens at a screen.From “Working with Computers”
Long-running relationships carry the work; the same people come back.From “Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships”
Part of the job is other people’s output, not only your own.From “Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others”
You own decisions rather than execute someone else’s.From “Making Decisions and Solving Problems”
Rules and standards are checkable and someone checks them.From “Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards”

How FlightWay scores your fit against this

No black box. Here is the whole method, factor by factor.

1. You answer a short quiz: Your answers build a profile across the same 161 O*NET dimensions this page is describing — skills, knowledge, abilities and work activities. Same axes, so the comparison is like-for-like.
2. We correlate the two profiles: Fit is a mean-centered cosine — a correlation between the SHAPE of your profile and the shape of Postmasters and Mail Superintendents. Centering matters: raw similarity between any two occupations sits at 0.70–0.85 because all work shares a common profile, so without it every career would look like a match.
3. The number you see is personality fit only: "Would I want this work" and "am I ready for this work" are different questions, and averaging them answers neither. So readiness — what your résumé, coursework and projects prove — is scored separately and shown next to fit, never blended into it.
4. Every factor is visible: You can open any match and see which dimensions pushed it up and which pulled it down. If you disagree with the number, you can see exactly where it came from.

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