Highest-paying Cities for Power Distributors and Dispatchers

The top 100 highest paying cities for power distributors and dispatchers (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 power distributors and dispatchers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $142,860, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington is the highest paying city for power distributors and dispatchers. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $142,150). 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 power distributors and dispatchers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Power Distributors and Dispatchers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$142,860	$113,010	150
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$142,150	$117,120	90
3	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$139,290	$77,480	160
4	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$134,710	$87,240	130
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$132,830	$80,800	120
6	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$131,800	$91,770	310
7	Spokane, Washington	$127,440	$97,200	30
8	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$117,940	$90,480	n/a
9	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$117,240	$89,330	60
10	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$117,120	$113,010	50
11	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$115,080	$76,880	110
12	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$113,030	$107,540	70
13	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$112,280	$88,020	50
14	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$112,150	$79,270	40
15	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$111,690	$50,570	50
16	Macon, Georgia	$111,260	$81,470	60
17	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$110,430	$83,770	150
18	Worcester, Massachusetts	$109,740	$77,120	50
19	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$108,450	$70,500	100
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$107,880	$78,700	100
21	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$107,870	$64,700	40
22	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$107,830	$64,410	50
23	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$107,410	$84,040	400
24	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$105,600	$81,350	60
25	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$104,240	$81,920	90
26	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$103,720	$77,090	50
27	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$102,660	$50,170	90
28	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$102,030	$47,370	30
29	Kansas City, Missouri	$101,800	$51,700	80
30	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$101,790	$59,800	210
31	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$101,610	$79,690	320
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$101,530	$57,790	150
33	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$100,820	$79,060	170
34	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$100,590	$80,520	150
35	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$100,470	$89,630	60
36	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$99,690	$87,280	n/a
37	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$99,470	$73,990	30
38	Salt Lake City, Utah	$98,720	$59,860	60
39	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$97,820	$61,140	30
40	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$97,820	$73,410	60
41	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$97,470	$53,520	50
42	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$96,010	$81,760	60
43	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$95,910	$72,310	60
44	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$95,650	$85,890	120
45	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$95,530	$54,010	40
46	Richmond, Virginia	$95,120	$75,740	70
47	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$94,680	$49,420	30
48	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$94,380	$75,190	50
49	St Louis, Missouri	$94,150	$42,830	60
50	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$93,720	$85,850	n/a
51	Farmington, New Mexico	$92,940	$59,220	80
52	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$92,890	$64,810	70
53	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$92,630	$67,090	200
54	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$92,600	$31,740	60
55	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$92,450	$71,570	150
56	Akron, Ohio	$92,230	$58,260	180
57	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$92,230	$72,080	70
58	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$91,480	$78,990	120
59	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$91,330	$54,310	30
60	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$91,120	$70,830	30
61	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$91,020	$66,520	130
62	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$90,390	$65,030	190
63	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$90,220	$68,210	60
64	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$89,750	$78,230	40
65	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$89,080	$66,350	90
66	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$89,000	$69,780	30
67	Montgomery, Alabama	$88,800	$71,010	60
68	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$88,220	$46,330	70
69	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$88,020	$58,440	40
70	Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$87,750	$23,640	40
71	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$87,650	$19,230	40
72	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$87,040	$60,010	220
73	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$86,970	$72,190	80
74	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$86,500	$44,680	60
75	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$85,910	$85,910	50
76	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$85,420	$82,540	60
77	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$85,300	$50,280	130
78	Jackson, Mississippi	$84,880	$67,160	80
79	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$84,580	$56,680	50
80	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$84,300	$61,240	120
81	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$84,280	$23,360	n/a
82	Salisbury, Maryland	$82,650	$81,450	30
83	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$82,540	$40,630	40
84	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$81,880	$47,720	30
85	Toledo, Ohio	$81,870	$63,580	40
86	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$81,450	$49,720	30
87	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$81,230	$39,230	40
88	Gary, Indiana	$80,270	$56,720	30
89	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$80,100	$48,910	70
90	Corpus Christi, Texas	$80,100	$62,680	50
91	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$79,960	$54,450	250
92	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$79,480	$55,750	160
93	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$79,140	$51,220	90
94	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$78,780	$50,900	50
95	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$78,700	$53,330	70
96	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$78,300	$64,070	50
97	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$78,080	$62,030	n/a
98	Memphis, Tennessee	$77,290	$61,310	30
99	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$77,150	$42,720	n/a
100	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$77,080	$57,420	30

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