US Postal Service Reports Nearly $1.4 Billion Increase in Quarterly Net Loss

The agency’s total operating revenues fell by $264 million, largely due to declining mail and package volumes.

A woman unloads a USPS truck in Norfolk, Va., on Jan. 26, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The United States Postal Service (USPS) saw its net loss for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 widen by almost $1.4 billion from the same quarter last year, the agency said in a Feb. 5 statement.

USPS suffered a net loss of around $1.26 billion for the quarter of Oct. 1–Dec. 31, 2025, compared to a gain of $144 million during the same period in the previous fiscal year.