On April 9th, the United States Postal Service formally filed their 2025 proposed postal rates to become effective July 13, 2025, after the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approves the increase. The proposed rates are subject to PRC approval.
The July 2025 increase is significant across all classes of mail. The USPS is again increasing SCF pallet & 5-Digit scheme discounts for Marketing Mail flats that can be best attained by participation in cooperative mailing programs. Marketing Mail letter discounts will remain the same. The USPS is also eliminating the NDC discount for both letter and flats.
Please find below the impact for Marketing Mail (primary sort levels) and First-Class Mail.
Marketing Mail Letters
- 5 Digit/SCF for-profit rate will increase 11.6%
- AADC/SCF for-profit rate will increase 10.5%
- 5 Digit/SCF non-profit rate will increase 10.3%
- AADC/SCF non-profit rate will increase 8.3%
- Exact impact dependent on discount qualification
- Please see the appendix for details on postage pricing
Marketing Mail Flats 4 ounces and under, postage is on a per piece basis
- For Profit impact (primary presort levels)
- CR Basic/SCF increasing 7.2%
- High Density/SCF increasing 8.9%
- 5 Digit/SCF increasing 18.6%
- Non-Profit impact (primary presort levels)
- CR Basic/SCF increasing 8.0%
- High Density/SCF increasing 10.5%
- 5 Digit/SCF increasing 22.1%
- Exact impact dependent on discount qualification
- Please see the appendix for details on postage pricing
Marketing Mail Flats over 4 ounces, postage has a fixed (per piece) & variable (per pound) component
- For Profit impact (primary presort levels)
- CR/SCF 6-oz piece = 0.4% decrease
- CR/SCF 12-oz piece = 14.8% decrease
- HD/SCF 6-oz piece = flat
- HD/SCF 12-oz piece = 15.6% decrease
- Exact impact dependent on discount qualification
- Please see the appendix for details on postage pricing
- Flats that qualify for CR/SCF presort levels begin to see postage decreases starting at around 6 ounces
First Class 6 x 9 Postcard
- The 5D presort rate increases from $0.384 to $0.422 – an increase of 9.9%.
Solutions to help mitigate postal increases
Whether letters or flats, it is essential to participate in a postage optimization program. Mailers have been shifting volume from flats to letters (such as slim-jims, self-mailers and envelope mailers), and there are best practices to deploy that drive response and optimize cost. Please contact us for solutions.
Additionally, please support industry associations such as Keep Us Posted (https://www.keepusposted.org/) and the ACMA (https://catalogmailers.org/) and lobby Congress for change.
Appendix
July proposed 2025 rates with and without discounts
