Service Performance

Districts (territories) in green mean they are meeting or exceeding the on-time target. Districts in blue mean they are below the on-time target.

A service standard is the stated delivery performance goal for a mail class. A service standard reflects the number of days after acceptance a mail piece can be expected for delivery.

Select a mail class from the drop-down menu at the top of the dashboard. The “Mail Class” description is on the right side of the dashboard.

The USPS reported scores for 67 geographical districts through Q4 FY2020, then for 12 geographical divisions that replaced the 67 districts for Q1 FY2021, back to 67 districts for Q2 FY2021. Soon, the USPS will report scores based on the new geographical structure of 50-districts. Each set of geographical configurations encompasses different territories.

The boundaries represent the USPS’s regional districts, except for Q1 FY 2021, when the USPS reported its service performance data as larger regional divisions.

No, because the USPS doesn’t report scores for Periodicals at the district level.

The dashboard includes four mail classes: First-Class Single-Piece, First-Class Presort, Marketing, and Packages.

FY 2023 (Current) – Period represents current service targets. The Postal Service implemented new service performance targets for First Class, Periodicals, and Marketing Mail.

FY 2022 (Service Standard change) – The Postal Service implemented new Service Standards and changed the targets for First-Class Mail, Periodicals, and Marketing mail on October 1, 2021.

FY 2021 (COVID Period) – Period represents targets the USPS Board of Governors approved on May 6, 2021, these service targets account for the impacts of COVID-19 on service.

FY 2018 to Q2 FY 2020 (Pre-COVID) – Period represents service targets before COVID-19.

The dashboard includes scores for fiscal quarters for the last five years.

The update information is at the bottom right corner of the dashboard.

The PRC publishes the quarterly service scores on its website four to six weeks after a fiscal quarter ends. The service performance dashboard is then updated one to two weeks after the PRC publishes the scores. Currently, the dashboard update is a manual process; however, in the future, when USPS reports the service scores in the new 50-district format, we will work towards automating the dashboard data refreshes.

The USPS provides the quarterly service scores to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The data powering the dashboard is taken from the PRC’s website.