Postal Service Ends May with High Performance Scores Across All Mail Categories

The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the fiscal third quarter through the end of May showing ongoing high performance scores across First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail and Periodicals.

For the third quarter to date, more than 93 percent of First-Class Mail was delivered on-time each week. For the past 14 weeks, more than 93 percent of Marketing Mail was delivered on-time. Through the first nine weeks of the third quarter, the average time for delivery of mail and packages across the postal network remained just 2.4 days.

Third quarter service performance scores covering April 1 through June 3 included:
*First-Class Mail: 93.5 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an increase of 5.6 percentage points from the fiscal second quarter.
*Marketing Mail: 94.8 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an increase of 2.7 percentage points from the fiscal second quarter.
*Periodicals: 86.5 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 5.1 percentage points from the fiscal second quarter.
more at: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/0610-postal-service-ends-may-with-high-performance-scores-across-all-mail-categories.htm

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