Meter Readers, Utilities · SOC 43-5041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Meter Readers, Utilitiess

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for meter readers, utilities. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (10 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 103 metro areas

Meter Readers, Utilities: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$100,480	140	0.1
2	Reno, NV	$89,460	40	0.2
3	Omaha, NE-IA	$87,320	60	0.1
4	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$83,350	400	0.1
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$82,420	60	0.1
6	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$80,180	250	0.1
7	Pittsburgh, PA	$78,290	250	0.2
8	Cleveland, OH	$77,660	90	0.1
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$75,830	130	0.1
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$75,140	210	0.0
11	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$75,020	60	0.0
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$74,030	180	0.1
13	Green Bay, WI	$69,070	40	0.2
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$67,130	50	0.1
15	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$67,090	60	0.0
16	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$66,930	80	0.1
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$66,870	60	0.0
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$65,600	60	0.1
19	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$63,040	1,110	0.1
20	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$61,910	140	0.1
21	Kansas City, MO-KS	$61,830	100	0.1
22	Morgantown, WV	$60,530	30	0.5
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$58,500	30	0.1
24	Ogden, UT	$58,180	50	0.2
25	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$56,860	50	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Meter Readers, Utilities overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.