SOC 43-5041 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Meter Readers, Utilities make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Meter Readers, Utilities in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $30,020. The 10th percentile is $22,070 and the 90th percentile is $37,940. Employment is 150.

Median annual wage

$30,020

10th percentile
$22,070
25th percentile
$23,110
Median
$30,020
75th percentile
$36,820
90th percentile
$37,940
Mean
$31,160

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Meter Readers, Utilities, the published 10th percentile is $22,070 and the 90th percentile is $37,940. The difference is $15,870, which is 52.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $23,110 to the 75th at $36,820, covers $13,710.

The mean annual wage is $31,160, which sits above the median of $30,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 37.7% lower than the national median of $48,150 for Meter Readers, Utilities.

It is 1.4% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $30,440.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Meter Readers, Utilities in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Meter Readers, Utilities accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (150 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (19,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.74 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Meter Readers, Utilities make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Meter Readers, Utilities in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is $30,020. The 10th percentile is $22,070 and the 90th percentile is $37,940. Employment is 150.

How does that compare with the national median for Meter Readers, Utilities?

The local median is 37.7% lower than the national median of $48,150.