USPS Staggering Statistics

1. Total mail volume decreased 20 percent from 2006 to 2010.

2. With 571,566 full-time workers, the USPS is the country’s second-largest civilian employer after Wal-Mart.

3. It operates 31,871 post offices, more than the combined domestic retail outlets of Wal-Mart, Starbucks and McDonald’s.

80 percent of the USPS budget goes to salaries and benefits.

4. It’s been losing money since 2006, including nearly $20 billion since 2007.

5. The agency is now almost $15 billion in debt. Unless the government steps in, it will default on $5.5 billion of retiree health-care costs in September. By October it will reach its legal debt limit, and by the end of the year, the USPS will be out of cash — insolvent and unable to operate.

All stats taken from: statspotting.com/2011/06/us-postal-service-some-interesting-statistics/