Here's how much USPS rates increased on January 19, 2025.

USPS has increased postage rates effective January 19, 2025 for a small number of their products. The charts below show the old rates (crossed out) and new rates (highlighted) for common types of USPS mail.

The price of regular First Class postage did not change on January 19. The price of a Forever stamp remains 73¢. The next scheduled rate increase after January is July, 2025. Changes for July, 2025 have not yet been announced.

On January 19, 2025,
postage rates changed for:

• Priority Mail Express
  
• Priority Mail Express
  
• USPS Ground Advantage
  
• Parcel Select

Rates stayed the same for:

• First Class Mail
  
• First Class Presort
  
• Marketing Mail
  
• Periodicals
  
• Bound Printed Matter
  
• Media Mail

On this page, we have listed old and new rates for those rates that changed. You can find the current rates for all USPS services on the USPS current rates chart.

If you don't see what you need, you're welcome to contact us with specific questions and we'll do our best to get you to the information you need.

Retail rates that changed:

Presort & commercial rates that changed:

Old prices (crossed out) include USPS holiday surcharges, which expired on January 19. Some new prices (highlighted) are lower than the old prices because the January 19 price increase is less than the holiday surcharge which expired.

Here are the changes for the first ten pounds:


How to calculate volume

Priority Mail Express - Retail
Old prices (crossed out) include USPS holiday surcharges, which expired on January 19. Some new prices (highlighted) are lower than the old prices because the January 19 price increase is less than the holiday surcharge which expired.

Here are the changes for flat rate envelopes and for the first ten pounds:


Priority Mail - Retail
Old prices (crossed out) include USPS holiday surcharges, which expired on January 19. Some new prices (highlighted) are lower than the old prices because the January 19 price increase is less than the holiday surcharge which expired.

Here are the changes for flat rate containers and for the first ten pounds:
How to calculate volume

Old prices (crossed out) include USPS holiday surcharges, which expired on January 19. Some new prices (highlighted) are lower than the old prices because the January 19 price increase is less than the holiday surcharge which expired.

Here are the changes for the first ten pounds:


How to calculate volume

Priority Mail Express - Commercial
Old prices (crossed out) include USPS holiday surcharges, which expired on January 19. Some new prices (highlighted) are lower than the old prices because the January 19 price increase is less than the holiday surcharge which expired.

Here are the changes for flat rate envelopes and for the first ten pounds:


Priority Mail - Commercial
Old prices (crossed out) include USPS holiday surcharges, which expired on January 19. Some new prices (highlighted) are lower than the old prices because the January 19 price increase is less than the holiday surcharge which expired.

Here are the changes for flat rate containers and for the first ten pounds:
How to calculate volume

Here are the changes for the first ten pounds:


How to calculate volume

To determine whether a parcel is more than 2 cubic feet in volume, meaning that the USPS volume surcharge will apply:

• Measure the length, width and height in inches. If the parcel is not rectangular, measure each dimension where it is the largest. For a tube, use the diameter for both the width and the height.
  
  
• Round off each measurement to the nearest inch. For example, if the measurement is at least 6" but less than 6 1/2", round down to 6". But if it is 6 1/2" up to 7", round up to 7".
  
  
• Multiply the rounded length by the rounded width by the rounded height.
  
  
• If the piece is not rectangular, multiply by 0.785.
  

The volume surcharge applies if the result is more than 3,456.