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Petroleum Engineer Salary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California

The annual salary statistics of petroleum engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of petroleum engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Petroleum Engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$88,520
25th Percentile Wage
$88,520
50th Percentile Wage
$88,560
75th Percentile Wage
$134,910
90th Percentile Wage
$201,310

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for petroleum engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $201,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $88,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $88,520.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of petroleum engineers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$88,560
-84.96% -35.70%
2021
$163,800
25.69% -
2017
$121,720
2.25% -
2016
$118,980
2.99% -
2015
$115,420
-0.62% -
2014
$116,130
1.44% -
2013
$114,460
-5.00% -
2012
$120,180
- -

Table 2. Compare Petroleum Engineer Salary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $88,560 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for petroleum engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of petroleum engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 46.3 percent (46.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 16.0 percent (16.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$165,020
Bakersfield-Delano
$154,690
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$136,280
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$123,850
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$123,590
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$121,480
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$118,140
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$116,760
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$98,360
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$88,560
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$74,430

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