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Meter Readers, Utilities · SOC 43-5041

Meter Readers, Utilities Salary in the Winston-Salem Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Winston-Salem, NC metro area

Figures describe the Winston-Salem, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Winston-Salem city limits.

Median annual wage$44,020
Median hourly wage$21.16

Meter Readers, Utilities in the Winston-Salem, NC metro area earned a median of $44,020 per year ($21.16 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,440 at the 10th percentile to $62,200 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Meter Readers, Utilities in the Winston-Salem metro area earn more than $44,020 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,850 and $48,170.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,440$39,850$44,020$48,170$62,200
Hourly$18.96$19.16$21.16$23.16$29.90

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Winston-Salem metro areathis metro area
    $44,020
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $41,830
  • United Statesnational
    $48,150

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +5% vs North Carolina overall and −9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$30,020$53,507$76,993$100,480San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,020McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $31,190Bloomington, IN — $31,370New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $33,800Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $34,410Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $35,420Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $35,760Springfield, MO — $37,000Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,520Wilmington, NC — $37,630Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,280Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,730Jackson, MS — $38,980Johnson City, TN — $39,090Port St. Lucie, FL — $39,210El Paso, TX — $39,260York-Hanover, PA — $39,310Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $39,370Oklahoma City, OK — $39,460Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,520Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,880Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $40,100Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $40,290Tuscaloosa, AL — $40,500Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $40,730Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $40,780North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $41,410Albuquerque, NM — $41,530Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $41,550Richmond, VA — $41,890Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $42,280Fargo, ND-MN — $42,340Greensboro-High Point, NC — $42,560Bowling Green, KY — $42,750Lafayette, LA — $42,850San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $42,970Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $43,140Columbia, SC — $43,270Chattanooga, TN-GA — $43,740Winston-Salem, NC — $44,020Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,280Raleigh-Cary, NC — $44,470Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $44,670Knoxville, TN — $44,700Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $44,750Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $44,770Toledo, OH — $44,790Akron, OH — $44,840Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,890Clarksville, TN-KY — $45,210Rochester, NY — $45,430Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,980Huntsville, AL — $46,190Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $46,220Tulsa, OK — $46,360Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $46,430Cleveland, TN — $46,560Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,100Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,160Columbus, OH — $47,430Jackson, TN — $47,870Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,480Worcester, MA — $48,740Columbia, MO — $49,020Birmingham, AL — $49,110Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $49,410Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $49,660Columbus, GA-AL — $50,050Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $50,570Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $50,610Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $50,700Vineland, NJ — $50,750Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $50,810Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $51,220Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $54,160St. Louis, MO-IL — $54,310Jacksonville, FL — $55,180Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $56,830Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $56,860Ogden, UT — $58,180Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $58,500Morgantown, WV — $60,530Kansas City, MO-KS — $61,830Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $61,910New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $63,040Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $65,600San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $66,870Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $66,930Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $67,090Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $67,130Green Bay, WI — $69,070Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $74,030Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $75,020Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $75,140Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $75,830Cleveland, OH — $77,660Pittsburgh, PA — $78,290Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $80,180Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $82,420Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $83,350Omaha, NE-IA — $87,320Reno, NV — $89,460San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $100,480

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Winston-Salem metro area has the 64th-highest published median for this occupation among the 103 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for meter readers, utilities, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Winston-Salem metro areathis page
    $44,020
  • Charlotte metro area
    $45,980
  • Raleigh metro area
    $44,470
  • Greensboro metro area
    $42,560
  • Wilmington metro area
    $37,630

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$46,370Customer Service Representatives$38,410Office Clerks, General$39,510Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$48,360Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$45,640First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$62,330

Highest-paying metro areas for meter readers, utilitiess · Highest-paying occupations in Winston-Salem Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.