17 Series · SOC 17-2171

Petroleum Engineers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$141,280

per year

Median Hourly

$67.92/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$153,560

average

Employment

18,970

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$78,840$107,330$141,280$191,100$228,790
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$37.90$51.60$67.92$91.87$110.00
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$78,840

25th Percentile

$107,330

Median

$141,280

75th Percentile

$191,100

90th Percentile

$228,790

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Alaska $200,750 +42% above national
2 Colorado $167,540 +19% above national
3 Utah $166,580 +18% above national
4 Tennessee $164,240 +16% above national
5 Texas $153,200 +8% above national
6 Wyoming $152,770 +8% above national
7 California $147,780 +5% above national
8 Oklahoma $142,470 +1% above national
9 New Jersey $140,800 same as national
10 Louisiana $134,630 5% below national
11 Michigan $131,250 7% below national
12 North Dakota $130,090 8% below national
13 Washington $129,660 8% below national
14 Minnesota $128,580 9% below national
15 Kansas $118,020 16% below national
16 New Mexico $118,010 16% below national
17 Ohio $108,070 24% below national
18 Nebraska $107,250 24% below national
19 West Virginia $102,900 27% below national
20 Arkansas $102,110 28% below national
21 New York $95,210 33% below national
22 Pennsylvania $92,930 34% below national
23 Montana $84,380 40% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Anchorage, AK $205,380 +45% above national
2 Amarillo, TX $199,990 +42% above national
3 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $184,250 +30% above national
4 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $178,010 +26% above national
5 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $174,440 +23% above national
6 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $174,410 +23% above national
7 Oklahoma City, OK $173,400 +23% above national
8 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $168,740 +19% above national
9 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $167,090 +18% above national
10 Midland, TX $165,880 +17% above national
11 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $163,390 +16% above national
12 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $163,310 +16% above national
13 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $161,320 +14% above national
14 Wichita Falls, TX $160,890 +14% above national
15 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $159,990 +13% above national
16 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $159,470 +13% above national
17 Ogden, UT $156,050 +10% above national
18 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $154,490 +9% above national
19 Lake Charles, LA $153,830 +9% above national
20 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $151,240 +7% above national
21 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $143,400 +2% above national
22 Lubbock, TX $143,120 +1% above national
23 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $142,470 +1% above national
24 Casper, WY $141,000 same as national
25 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $139,940 1% below national
26 Odessa, TX $134,280 5% below national
27 Corpus Christi, TX $133,690 5% below national
28 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $132,840 6% below national
29 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $132,680 6% below national
30 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $131,970 7% below national
31 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $130,090 8% below national
32 Billings, MT $129,350 8% below national
33 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $128,900 9% below national
34 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $128,600 9% below national
35 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $128,580 9% below national
36 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $128,390 9% below national
37 El Paso, TX $127,480 10% below national
38 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $124,650 12% below national
39 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $122,980 13% below national
40 Kansas City, MO-KS $122,090 14% below national
41 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $121,580 14% below national
42 Tulsa, OK $121,190 14% below national
43 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $117,480 17% below national
44 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $116,890 17% below national
45 College Station-Bryan, TX $114,810 19% below national
46 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $114,460 19% below national
47 Longview, TX $110,310 22% below national
48 Wichita, KS $108,420 23% below national
49 Omaha, NE-IA $107,250 24% below national
50 Tyler, TX $106,990 24% below national
51 Farmington, NM $101,760 28% below national
52 Pittsburgh, PA $98,800 30% below national
53 Columbus, OH $98,760 30% below national
54 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $97,610 31% below national
55 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $75,580 47% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.