Highest-paying Cities for Meter Readers, Utilities

The top 100 highest paying cities for meter readers, utilities (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of meter readers, utilities in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,300, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for meter readers, utilities. It is followed by Reno-Sparks, Nevada (average annual salary $82,370). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of meter readers, utilities in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Meter Readers, Utilities

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$84,300	$76,160	40
2	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$82,370	$32,790	30
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$81,790	$60,970	80
4	Peabody, Massachusetts	$76,090	$36,840	40
5	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$75,780	$47,280	160
6	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$74,950	$54,150	n/a
7	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$74,060	$41,760	70
8	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$73,530	$53,190	50
9	Springfield, Massachusetts	$72,050	$45,830	40
10	Anchorage, Alaska	$70,240	$43,970	30
11	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$70,180	$42,110	70
12	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$69,670	$53,400	40
13	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$68,740	$51,010	50
14	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$67,640	$50,530	30
15	Syracuse, New York	$66,870	$39,370	70
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$66,500	$45,140	40
17	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$66,430	$39,870	60
18	Spokane, Washington	$66,100	$38,970	60
19	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$65,820	$25,120	40
20	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$65,470	$43,190	n/a
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$65,430	$52,820	170
22	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$65,400	$20,670	60
23	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$64,870	$43,100	210
24	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,630	$49,350	350
25	Duluth, Wisconsin	$63,740	$50,520	40
26	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$63,410	$47,010	50
27	Chico, California	$63,380	$33,950	30
28	Worcester, Massachusetts	$63,160	$35,340	60
29	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$62,660	$34,370	160
30	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$62,340	$38,510	30
31	New Haven, Connecticut	$62,300	$53,670	30
32	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$62,210	$45,980	40
33	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$62,160	$38,700	90
34	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$62,110	$51,540	50
35	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$61,630	$20,140	60
36	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$61,620	$50,880	40
37	Columbus, Ohio	$61,450	$39,020	70
38	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$61,380	$38,920	170
39	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$61,210	$38,330	310
40	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$60,840	$29,310	30
41	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$60,650	$50,900	40
42	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$60,380	$39,590	40
43	Reading, Pennsylvania	$60,300	$30,000	30
44	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$60,090	$43,580	60
45	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$60,050	$42,060	40
46	Framingham, Massachusetts	$59,980	$36,300	50
47	Peoria, Illinois	$59,500	$45,380	120
48	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$59,210	$49,130	40
49	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$58,800	$41,380	40
50	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$58,600	$37,920	1,370
51	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$58,580	$46,150	70
52	Bloomington, Illinois	$58,510	$37,000	40
53	Charleston, West Virginia	$58,390	$35,260	40
54	Bloomington-Normal, Illinois	$57,620	$19,530	30
55	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$57,380	$34,260	240
56	Morgantown, West Virginia	$57,370	$35,730	30
57	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$57,070	$31,820	150
58	Madison, Wisconsin	$56,950	$33,270	40
59	Erie, Pennsylvania	$56,580	$49,750	70
60	Manchester, New Hampshire	$56,020	$46,540	n/a
61	Kansas City, Missouri	$55,940	$32,800	250
62	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$55,920	$38,550	40
63	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$55,910	$33,960	50
64	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$55,910	$34,960	50
65	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$55,800	$40,940	30
66	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$55,690	$40,870	90
67	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$55,660	$39,660	260
68	Wheeling, West Virginia	$55,410	$36,080	30
69	Fresno, California	$55,290	$35,790	110
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$55,140	$36,330	100
71	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$55,010	$36,510	360
72	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$54,990	$33,040	30
73	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$54,790	$28,590	40
74	Salinas, California	$54,440	$39,300	30
75	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$54,400	$26,620	40
76	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$54,340	$30,130	360
77	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$54,300	$40,170	80
78	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$53,840	$41,480	30
79	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$53,470	$34,460	50
80	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$53,310	$33,910	160
81	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$52,770	$45,440	60
82	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$52,720	$43,910	120
83	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$52,710	$23,940	60
84	Akron, Ohio	$52,580	$45,760	40
85	Salisbury, Maryland	$52,250	$34,830	30
86	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$52,200	$36,800	50
87	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$52,190	$39,880	40
88	Wilmington, New Jersey	$52,120	$28,740	60
89	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$52,000	$42,380	30
90	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$51,930	$40,300	710
91	Tacoma, Washington	$51,880	$34,380	80
92	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$51,750	$34,250	150
93	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$51,580	$38,030	50
94	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$51,490	$34,240	30
95	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$51,390	$41,470	50
96	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$51,330	$30,630	80
97	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$51,220	$41,520	50
98	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$51,000	$41,240	50
99	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$50,990	$38,430	50
100	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$50,980	$33,300	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for meter readers, utilities.