Postal Service has More Older Workers than Any Fortune 500 Company

The Postal Service’s proportion of over-50 employees is 10 percentage points higher than any Fortune 500 company and nearly double the average, according to a recent study. American Airlines leads the big companies, with a workforce that is 39.1 percent over 50, estimates the RetirementJobs.com study, based on public records.

More than 49 percent of USPS employees are over 50. Fifty-something postal workers outnumber the 40-and-under crowd by more than 2 to 1. More than 1 in 10 Postal Service employees is over 60.

“Over the next 10 years, over 300,000 employees—more than half the current workforce—will be eligible to retire.”