A Meter Readers Supervisor leads the field team that reads utility meters — owning route management, accuracy, safety, and the daily work of getting consumption data back to billing on schedule.
Meter Readers Supervisor pay typically runs $66K–$103K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to hold roughly steady through 2034.
Most days are paced by the route schedule and the field issues that interrupt it. You're managing route assignments, monitoring read accuracy, handling difficult-access situations or customer complaints, and partnering with billing on read exceptions or estimates. AMI meter rollouts have reshaped the work in many utilities.
The collaboration is constant. You're working with billing, customer service, field service, and IT or AMI program teams. Friction usually lives at the handoffs from field to billing — re-reads, exception handling, account-specific notes. Safety incidents (dogs, ice, gates) get heavy attention.
People who tend to thrive enjoy field-team operational leadership with constant problem-solving and outdoor work and don't mind the weather or terrain demands. If you need an office role or distance from physical operations, the always-outside nature can wear thin.
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View all Admin & Office roles →A Meter Readers Supervisor leads the field team that reads utility meters — owning route management, accuracy, safety, and the daily work of getting consumption data back to billing on schedule.
Median pay for a Meter Readers Supervisor is about $66K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $44K to $103K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Active Listening, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, and Speaking.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 0.3% through 2034, with roughly 1.5 million people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Assembly Stock Supervisor, Business Manager, and Inventory Control Manager.
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