Highest-paying Cities for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators

The top 53 highest paying cities for gas compressor and gas pumping station operators (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 gas compressor and gas pumping station operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $88,910, West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota is the highest paying city for gas compressor and gas pumping station operators. It is followed by Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado (average annual salary $85,680). 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 gas compressor and gas pumping station operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 53 Highest-paying cities/areas for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$88,910	$68,490	80
2	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$85,680	$62,880	30
3	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$82,850	$70,320	40
4	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$81,050	$62,580	30
5	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$79,170	$78,470	70
6	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$79,080	$49,060	30
7	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$78,600	$69,800	40
8	East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$78,360	$50,620	30
9	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$77,850	$68,300	110
10	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$77,810	$49,370	40
11	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$77,160	$37,650	50
12	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$73,700	$48,710	30
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$72,990	$49,760	90
14	Springfield, Massachusetts	$72,530	$54,880	90
15	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$70,500	$60,650	50
16	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$70,470	$50,110	120
17	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$70,100	$60,080	40
18	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$69,370	$36,050	40
19	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$68,430	$53,970	100
20	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$68,380	$44,670	50
21	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$68,190	$17,880	70
22	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$65,150	$46,600	210
23	Camden, New Jersey	$64,640	$41,190	30
24	Charleston, West Virginia	$64,620	$50,350	40
25	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$64,560	$37,730	50
26	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$64,480	$39,400	n/a
27	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$63,450	$63,440	80
28	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$63,400	$48,920	140
29	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$63,300	$51,900	70
30	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$62,830	$49,060	30
31	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona	$62,080	$50,000	40
32	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$61,440	$51,980	70
33	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$61,080	$52,290	40
34	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$60,980	$41,730	90
35	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$60,950	$37,660	n/a
36	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$59,660	$36,450	n/a
37	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$59,120	$38,140	60
38	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$58,870	$50,510	30
39	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$58,810	$46,860	40
40	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$55,340	$39,240	30
41	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$54,960	$36,760	80
42	Mobile, Alabama	$53,690	$29,510	30
43	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$52,150	$30,090	180
44	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,370	$40,390	80
45	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$49,340	$43,390	60
46	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$48,620	$48,620	130
47	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$47,830	$38,850	40
48	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$45,010	$24,820	50
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$41,350	$30,170	160
50	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$38,100	$18,990	n/a
51	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$37,820	$32,840	n/a
52	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$32,010	$31,990	70
53	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$19,970	$16,880	60

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