The annual salary statistics of petroleum engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of petroleum engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $77,180 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $77,180 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $123,590 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $164,900 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $218,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for petroleum engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $218,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $123,590. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $77,180.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of petroleum engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $123,590 | -9.67% | -0.04% |
| 2021 | $135,540 | -3.09% | - |
| 2020 | $139,730 | 8.62% | - |
| 2019 | $127,680 | -1.39% | - |
| 2018 | $129,450 | 4.13% | - |
| 2017 | $124,100 | 0.37% | - |
| 2016 | $123,640 | 0.11% | - |
| 2015 | $123,500 | -0.11% | - |
| 2012 | $123,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $123,590 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for petroleum engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of petroleum engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 25.1 percent (25.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 39.8 percent (39.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | |
| Bakersfield-Delano | |
| Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward | |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine | |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario |