Power Distributors and Dispatchers · SOC 51-8012

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Power Distributors and Dispatcherss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for power distributors and dispatchers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 38 metro areas

Power Distributors and Dispatchers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$173,120	100	0.1
2	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$169,920	80	0.1
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$160,570	80	0.0
4	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$155,690	220	0.2
5	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$140,660	70	0.0
6	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$138,300	60	0.0
7	Birmingham, AL	$138,260	100	0.2
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$134,250	330	0.0
9	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$132,530	60	0.1
10	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$127,180	140	0.4
11	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$124,140	240	0.1
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$111,450	180	0.1
13	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$110,970	150	0.1
14	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$109,150	90	0.1
15	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$108,590	40	0.0
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$106,730	330	0.1
17	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$105,620	Not published	Not published
18	Kansas City, MO-KS	$105,450	60	0.1
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$103,670	70	0.0
20	Columbus, OH	$102,760	50	0.0
21	Worcester, MA	$102,330	150	0.4
22	Richmond, VA	$102,220	90	0.1
23	Pittsburgh, PA	$102,170	210	0.2
24	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$101,570	150	0.0
25	Columbia, SC	$101,010	80	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Power Distributors and Dispatchers 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.