Registered Mail Cost: Fees by Declared Value
The USPS Registered Mail fee starts at $20.90 for a declared value of $0.00 and rises to $40.50 at $5,000.00. It is charged in addition to postage. For the next tier Notice 123 prints “5,000.01 - 50,000.00 40.50 plus $3.10 per each $1,000.00 or fraction thereof”, and over $50,000 the fee is $180.00.
Maintained by Archie Chang · Fees checked against USPS Price List Notice 123 on November 2, 2026 · Methodology & sources
Registered Mail fee by declared value
| Declared value | Fee |
|---|---|
| $0.00 | $20.90 |
| $0.01 to $100.00 | $21.50 |
| $100.01 to $500.00 | $25.00 |
| $500.01 to $1,000.00 | $28.10 |
| $1,000.01 to $2,000.00 | $31.20 |
| $2,000.01 to $3,000.00 | $34.30 |
| $3,000.01 to $4,000.00 | $37.40 |
| $4,000.01 to $5,000.00 | $40.50 |
| $5,000.01 to $50,000.00 | $40.50 plus $3.10 per each $1,000.00 or fraction thereof |
| Over $50,000 | $180.00 |
“5,000.01 - 50,000.00 40.50 plus $3.10 per each $1,000.00 or fraction thereof”
Declared value over $50,000
“Customers must declare the full value of Registered Mail items. Items with declared value of more than $50,000 can be mailed with Registered Mail extra service, but insurance compensation for loss, damage, or missing contents is limited to $50,000”
Sample fees above $5,000
Arithmetic from the rule quoted above. We count the $3.10 steps on the value above $5,000; that reading gives $180.00 at $50,000.00, the same as the over-$50,000 fee.
| Declared value | Fee |
|---|---|
| $5,000.00 | $40.50 |
| $5,000.01 | $43.60 |
| $6,000.00 | $43.60 |
| $6,000.01 | $46.70 |
| $10,000.00 | $56.00 |
| $50,000.00 | $180.00 |
| $50,000.01 | $180.00 |
Additional Registered Mail services
| Service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Registered Mail COD Charge (maximum amount collectible is $1,000) | $15.00 |
| Registered Mail Restricted Delivery | $8.80 |
“Registered Mail COD Charge (maximum amount collectible is $1,000)”
Frequently asked questions
How much does Registered Mail cost?
The Registered Mail fee is in addition to postage and starts at $20.90 for a declared value of $0.00, $21.50 for $0.01 to $100.00 and $25.00 for $100.01 to $500.00, then rises with the declared value.
What does Registered Mail cost for $1,000 of declared value?
A declared value of $1,000.00 falls in the $500.01 to $1,000.00 row at $28.10; $1,000.01 moves to the next row at $31.20. Both are in addition to postage.
How is the fee figured from $5,000.01 to $50,000?
Notice 123 prints "5,000.01 - 50,000.00 40.50 plus $3.10 per each $1,000.00 or fraction thereof". We count the $3.10 steps on the value above $5,000; that reading gives $180.00 at $50,000.00, the same as the over-$50,000 fee. For $10,000.00 that is $56.00 (arithmetic: $40.50 + 5 x $3.10).
What if the declared value is over $50,000?
The fee for a declared value over $50,000 is $180.00. Notice 123 also says insurance compensation for loss, damage, or missing contents is limited to $50,000 for those items.
What do the additional Registered Mail services cost?
Notice 123 lists a Registered Mail COD Charge of $15.00 (maximum amount collectible is $1,000) and Registered Mail Restricted Delivery at $8.80, both in addition to the Registered Mail fee and postage.
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Sources
USPS Price List Notice 123, “Effective October 04, 2026”, sections “Domestic—Extra Services and Fees”, “Domestic—Other Services and Fees” and “Domestic—PO Box Service” (First-Class Mail postage from the same notice): https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm. We checked the fees on this page against the Internet Archive copy of the notice captured October 22, 2026, and spot-checked the live page on November 2, 2026 (Certified Mail, Return Receipt, money orders, Registered Mail tiers and the PO Box rows for fee groups C30, C31 and C44 matched): https://web.archive.org/web/20261022140554id_/https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm.
Reviewed November 2, 2026. Sums and multiples on this page (for example a fee plus postage) are arithmetic on the notice’s numbers and are labelled as such; Notice 123 does not print them. Check USPS.com or a Post Office before mailing.