February employment figures filed by the US Postal Service show career staffing levels are down 4.4% from a year ago. The decline of 29,960 was across the board, affecting all employee categories. The largest decline was in the clerk craft, down 6.7% for a loss of 13,405 jobs. The smaller mailhandler craft suffered a loss of 3,144 jobs, or 5.5%. There were 10,337 fewer career city carriers, a drop of 4.8%.

Job categories which had shown increases in earlier periods also showed declines in the current report, with Headquarters shedding 4.7% of its positions, or 135 jobs, and the Office of the Inspector General losing 12, or 1%. Non-career transitional carrier jobs were down by 222 positions, or 1.5%. Rural carriers showed the smallest decline, down 137 jobs or 0.2%.

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