2022 Postage Rate Chart Changes!

The Postal Service filed new rates with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for Market Dominant Rate Changes.

These rate changes are officially in effect as of Sunday, July 10, 2022. 

Highlights:

First Class Mail –  First Class Mail average increases are close to 6.5%,  though this varies by category:

• Single Piece Forever Stamps went from 58¢ to 60¢ which is an increase of 3.4% or $0.02 per piece
• First Class Presorted Letter Rates went up on average 6.9% or $.030 per piece
• First Class Presort Flat Rates went up on average 9.2% or $.128 per piece

Nonprofit Marketing Mail Letters – Marketing Mail Letters increased between 4% – 6.5%

Overall Marketing Mail Flats  – Marketing Mail Flats went up 8.5% which includes both Commercial and Nonprofit mail across ALL categories (Carrier Route, Auto, Non-Auto).

When you look specifically at Nonprofit Automation Rate changes we see that:

• Nonprofit Flats 4 oz. or less increased an average of 12.2% or $.044 per piece.
• Nonprofit Flats Greater than 4 oz. are charged based on a Piece AND a Pound Rate and the changes look like this:
  • Average increase of 30.9% or $0.041 per piece at the piece level AND Average increase of 1.77% and $0.014 at the per pound rate