Short version, since you likely came here for one fact: Retail Ground stopped existing as a separate USPS product in July 2023, when it was folded into Ground Advantage together with First-Class Package Service and Parcel Select Ground. Same ground network, same 70 lb limit, tracking now included by default. Everything below prices the successor with live 2026-07-27 data.
Requests for the old product resolve to Ground Advantage today, so that is the ladder we publish.
Both columns price one 25 x 20 x 10 cm carton through our production checkout on 2026-07-27. Eastern lane: Newark, NJ 07102 to Atlanta, GA 30303, quoted at 6-7 business days throughout. Western lane: Los Angeles, CA 90011 to New York, NY 10001, also 6-7 days. A dash marks weights where the service fell out of the returned option set, outpriced by other ground carriers.
| Weight | Newark to Atlanta | Los Angeles to New York |
|---|---|---|
| 1 lb | $9.91 | $11.12 |
| 2 lb | $8.48 | $11.04 |
| 3 lb | $8.48 | $11.04 |
| 5 lb | $14.67 | $20.84 |
| 10 lb | $20.86 | $30.09 |
| 15 lb | $23.69 | $35.33 |
| 20 lb | – | $55.71 |
| 30 lb | – | – |
| 40 lb | – | – |
| 50 lb | – | – |
Old Retail Ground habits die at 20 lb: heavier boxes that once defaulted to USPS now routinely quote cheaper on UPS Ground, which took the 30 lb Newark slot at $31.52 in this same capture. The point of a comparison engine is that you stop caring which retired brand a box would have worn.
The 2023 consolidation collapsed Retail Ground, First-Class Package Service and Parcel Select Ground into a single tier. If an old invoice or listing template still names one of them, it maps to Ground Advantage with no action needed on your side.
Retail Ground charged separately for tracking; the successor includes it on every label. That alone changed the math for low-value resale items where a tracking fee used to eat the margin.
Ground Advantage accepts up to 70 lb and 130 inches of combined length and girth, the same physical envelope the retired product had. Past that, you're in freight territory and a different conversation entirely.
No. USPS merged it into Ground Advantage in July 2023, along with First-Class Package Service and Parcel Select Ground. Anything you used to hand over as Retail Ground now travels, and is priced, as Ground Advantage, up to the same 70 lb ceiling.
Ground Advantage's zone-and-weight table. As a live reference: on 2026-07-27 our checkout quoted a 5 lb carton at $14.67 from Newark to Atlanta and $20.84 from Los Angeles to New York, both with tracking baked in.
The merger generally lowered prices for light parcels, since Retail Ground carried counter-style pricing and no built-in tracking. Rather than argue from memory, quote your box live; the ladder above is what the replacement costs on two real lanes today.
Just ask for Ground Advantage, or skip the counter: buy the label online, where the same service prices lower, and hand the box to any carrier pickup or drop point. The old brochure name will get you the same product either way.