A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Wisconsin was 94.1, or 5.9% below the national price level. Its housing index was 79.3.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Meter Readers, Utilities median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 43-5041 and BLS area 55.
Questions, answered
Meter Readers, Utilities pay in Wisconsin: common questions
What is the median wage for Meter Readers, Utilities in Wisconsin?
BLS did not publish a median for Meter Readers, Utilities in Wisconsin in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Meter Readers, Utilities pay higher in Wisconsin than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Wisconsin with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Wisconsin?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Meter Readers, Utilities jobs does BLS estimate in Wisconsin?
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What the Meter Readers, Utilities median says in Wisconsin
BLS did not publish an exact median for Meter Readers, Utilities in Wisconsin in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 43-5041 and BLS area 55.
BLS lists 410 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Wisconsin's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-5041 and area 55. SOC 43-5041 names Meter Readers, Utilities. Area 55 names Wisconsin. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 43-5041/55 row reports 410 wage and salary jobs, 0.14 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.12 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 43-5041/55, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
43-5041/55 10th percentile: Not published.
43-5041/55 25th percentile: Not published.
43-5041/55 median: Not published.
43-5041/55 75th percentile: Not published.
43-5041/55 90th percentile: Not published.
43-5041/55 employment RSE: 47.5%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
43-5041/55 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 55 facts behind this Meter Readers, Utilities page
Area 55 reports 2,941,540 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $64,270. Its annual median is $50,270. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.2%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-5041 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Wisconsin runs from $29,980 at the 10th percentile to $104,990 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $37,700. The median is $50,270. The 75th percentile is $76,350. This is a place check, not a pay range for Meter Readers, Utilities.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 55. They do not show related skills or a path into Meter Readers, Utilities.
1. Area 55, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 82,430 jobs, $36,340 annual median, 28.02 jobs per 1,000, and 1.01 location quotient.
2. Area 55, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 70,520 jobs, $44,610 annual median, 23.98 jobs per 1,000, and 1.26 location quotient.
3. Area 55, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 68,060 jobs, $95,530 annual median, 23.14 jobs per 1,000, and 1.06 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Wisconsin wage ladder for Meter Readers, Utilities
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Wisconsin has a annual median of Not published. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $48,150 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Wisconsin. Wisconsin cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Wisconsin has no exact published median that can enter this Meter Readers, Utilities pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other states and territories may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Wisconsin without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 43-5041. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Meter Readers, Utilities medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 43-5041, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. California has the highest published median in this set, at $79,040 per year. Wisconsin sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Meter Readers, Utilities is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. California has a Meter Readers, Utilities median of $79,040 per year, or not available. BLS lists 810 jobs there, compared with 410 in Wisconsin. The location quotient is 0.35.
2. Pennsylvania has a Meter Readers, Utilities median of $78,450 per year, or not available. BLS lists 860 jobs there, compared with 410 in Wisconsin. The location quotient is 1.13.
3. Nevada has a Meter Readers, Utilities median of $76,120 per year, or not available. BLS lists 160 jobs there, compared with 410 in Wisconsin. The location quotient is 0.84.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Meter Readers, Utilities jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Meter Readers, Utilities in this same-source set, at 1,360 jobs. Wisconsin has 410. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Texas has 1,360 estimated Meter Readers, Utilities jobs, a gap of 950 jobs from Wisconsin. Its median is $43,030 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.77.
2. Ohio has 1,070 estimated Meter Readers, Utilities jobs, a gap of 660 jobs from Wisconsin. Its median is $47,780 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.55.
3. New York has 930 estimated Meter Readers, Utilities jobs, a gap of 520 jobs from Wisconsin. Its median is $56,960 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.76.
Local-share leaders
Where Meter Readers, Utilities takes the largest share of local jobs
Mississippi has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 4.1. Wisconsin has 1.12. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Meter Readers, Utilities is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Mississippi has a location quotient of 4.1, a gap of 2.98 from Wisconsin. BLS lists 600 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs and a median of $37,120 per year, or not available.
2. New Mexico has a location quotient of 3.18, a gap of 2.06 from Wisconsin. BLS lists 350 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs and a median of $48,530 per year, or not available.
3. West Virginia has a location quotient of 3.17, a gap of 2.05 from Wisconsin. BLS lists 280 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs and a median of $59,430 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Meter Readers, Utilities is in Wisconsin
BLS lists 410 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs in Wisconsin. It also lists 0.14 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.12. A value of 1 means Meter Readers, Utilities has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Meter Readers, Utilities beside other roles in Wisconsin
The all-occupations median in Wisconsin is $50,270 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Meter Readers, Utilities median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Wisconsin still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Meter Readers, Utilities from another role's number.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Wisconsin table, at 82,430 jobs. Meter Readers, Utilities has 410 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 2,941,540. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Meter Readers, Utilities's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 82,430 jobs in Wisconsin, a gap of 82,020 from Meter Readers, Utilities. Its median is $36,340 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.01.
2. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 70,520 jobs in Wisconsin, a gap of 70,110 from Meter Readers, Utilities. Its median is $44,610 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.26.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Wisconsin
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Wisconsin role table, at $122,660 per year. Meter Readers, Utilities has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $50,270 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Software Developers has a median of $122,660 per year in Wisconsin, or not available. BLS lists 21,730 jobs, compared with 410 for Meter Readers, Utilities. Its location quotient is 0.68.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $118,730 per year in Wisconsin, or not available. BLS lists 36,910 jobs, compared with 410 for Meter Readers, Utilities. Its location quotient is 0.56.
3. Project Management Specialists has a median of $97,580 per year in Wisconsin, or not available. BLS lists 21,610 jobs, compared with 410 for Meter Readers, Utilities. Its location quotient is 1.07.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Wisconsin
Bartenders has the highest location quotient in the bounded Wisconsin role table, at 2.06. Meter Readers, Utilities has 1.12. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Meter Readers, Utilities with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Bartenders has a location quotient of 2.06 in Wisconsin, a gap of 0.94 from Meter Readers, Utilities. BLS lists 29,520 jobs and a median of $23,460 per year, or not available.
2. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 2 in Wisconsin, a gap of 0.88 from Meter Readers, Utilities. BLS lists 25,500 jobs and a median of $74,840 per year, or not available.
3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.74 in Wisconsin, a gap of 0.62 from Meter Readers, Utilities. BLS lists 46,360 jobs and a median of $45,670 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Wisconsin
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Meter Readers, Utilities in Wisconsin because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 94.1 for Wisconsin. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 43-5041.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Meter Readers, Utilities row is 47.5%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 410 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Meter Readers, Utilities. It uses a Wisconsin place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Job cards can change without changing this guide. They do not count toward the 1,500-word content floor. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Meter Readers, Utilities row for Wisconsin does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 410 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.12 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 94.1 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 43-5041 in BLS area 55. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 410 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 55, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 67,750 jobs, $28,600 annual median, 23.03 jobs per 1,000, and 0.93 location quotient.
5. Area 55, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 67,640 jobs, $34,480 annual median, 23 jobs per 1,000, and 0.92 location quotient.
6. Area 55, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 65,380 jobs, $30,880 annual median, 22.23 jobs per 1,000, and 1.12 location quotient.
4. Minnesota has a Meter Readers, Utilities median of $73,930 per year, or not available. BLS lists 120 jobs there, compared with 410 in Wisconsin. The location quotient is 0.33.
5. Colorado has a Meter Readers, Utilities median of $66,550 per year, or not available. BLS lists 150 jobs there, compared with 410 in Wisconsin. The location quotient is 0.43.
6. Washington has a Meter Readers, Utilities median of $65,900 per year, or not available. BLS lists 390 jobs there, compared with 410 in Wisconsin. The location quotient is 0.88.
7. Connecticut has a Meter Readers, Utilities median of $64,180 per year, or not available. BLS lists 140 jobs there, compared with 410 in Wisconsin. The location quotient is 0.64.
8. Oregon has a Meter Readers, Utilities median of $63,660 per year, or not available. BLS lists 120 jobs there, compared with 410 in Wisconsin. The location quotient is 0.5.
4. New Jersey has 870 estimated Meter Readers, Utilities jobs, a gap of 460 jobs from Wisconsin. Its median is $63,030 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.62.
5. Pennsylvania has 860 estimated Meter Readers, Utilities jobs, a gap of 450 jobs from Wisconsin. Its median is $78,450 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.13.
6. Tennessee has 860 estimated Meter Readers, Utilities jobs, a gap of 450 jobs from Wisconsin. Its median is $45,210 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.09.
7. California has 810 estimated Meter Readers, Utilities jobs, a gap of 400 jobs from Wisconsin. Its median is $79,040 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.35.
8. Kentucky has 690 estimated Meter Readers, Utilities jobs, a gap of 280 jobs from Wisconsin. Its median is $44,450 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.76.
4. Kentucky has a location quotient of 2.76, a gap of 1.64 from Wisconsin. BLS lists 690 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs and a median of $44,450 per year, or not available.
5. Tennessee has a location quotient of 2.09, a gap of 0.97 from Wisconsin. BLS lists 860 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs and a median of $45,210 per year, or not available.
6. Louisiana has a location quotient of 2.07, a gap of 0.95 from Wisconsin. BLS lists 500 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs and a median of $37,570 per year, or not available.
7. Oklahoma has a location quotient of 1.84, a gap of 0.72 from Wisconsin. BLS lists 390 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs and a median of $39,480 per year, or not available.
8. Alabama has a location quotient of 1.77, a gap of 0.65 from Wisconsin. BLS lists 470 Meter Readers, Utilities jobs and a median of $45,710 per year, or not available.
3. Registered Nurses has 68,060 jobs in Wisconsin, a gap of 67,650 from Meter Readers, Utilities. Its median is $95,530 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.06.
4. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 67,750 jobs in Wisconsin, a gap of 67,340 from Meter Readers, Utilities. Its median is $28,600 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.93.
5. Retail Salespersons has 67,640 jobs in Wisconsin, a gap of 67,230 from Meter Readers, Utilities. Its median is $34,480 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.92.
6. Cashiers has 65,380 jobs in Wisconsin, a gap of 64,970 from Meter Readers, Utilities. Its median is $30,880 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.12.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 53,330 jobs in Wisconsin, a gap of 52,920 from Meter Readers, Utilities. Its median is $58,610 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.37.
8. Office Clerks, General has 51,440 jobs in Wisconsin, a gap of 51,030 from Meter Readers, Utilities. Its median is $44,980 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.1.
4. Registered Nurses has a median of $95,530 per year in Wisconsin, or not available. BLS lists 68,060 jobs, compared with 410 for Meter Readers, Utilities. Its location quotient is 1.06.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $79,400 per year in Wisconsin, or not available. BLS lists 25,100 jobs, compared with 410 for Meter Readers, Utilities. Its location quotient is 0.92.
6. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $74,840 per year in Wisconsin, or not available. BLS lists 25,500 jobs, compared with 410 for Meter Readers, Utilities. Its location quotient is 2.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $70,560 per year in Wisconsin, or not available. BLS lists 22,950 jobs, compared with 410 for Meter Readers, Utilities. Its location quotient is 0.84.
8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $65,930 per year in Wisconsin, or not available. BLS lists 37,700 jobs, compared with 410 for Meter Readers, Utilities. Its location quotient is 1.61.
4. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.61 in Wisconsin, a gap of 0.49 from Meter Readers, Utilities. BLS lists 37,700 jobs and a median of $65,930 per year, or not available.
5. Receptionists and Information Clerks has a location quotient of 1.49 in Wisconsin, a gap of 0.37 from Meter Readers, Utilities. BLS lists 25,580 jobs and a median of $41,150 per year, or not available.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.37 in Wisconsin, a gap of 0.25 from Meter Readers, Utilities. BLS lists 53,330 jobs and a median of $58,610 per year, or not available.
7. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.26 in Wisconsin, a gap of 0.14 from Meter Readers, Utilities. BLS lists 70,520 jobs and a median of $44,610 per year, or not available.
8. Cashiers has a location quotient of 1.12 in Wisconsin, a gap of 0.00 from Meter Readers, Utilities. BLS lists 65,380 jobs and a median of $30,880 per year, or not available.
Meter Readers, Utilities pay in Wisconsin | BLS 2025
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Meter Readers, Utilities in Wisconsin
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Wisconsin place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
