US Postal Service Registers Quarterly Net Loss of $3.1 Billion

The agency has incurred $8.5 billion in losses in the first three quarters of this fiscal year.

Mail boxes at the front of a United States Postal Service facility in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 13, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) incurred a net loss of $3.1 billion for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025—from April 1 to June 30—the agency said in an Aug. 7 statement.

While the $3.1 billion loss was down by 6 percent from the second quarter, it was up by 24 percent from the same quarter in fiscal year 2024.