Highest-paying Cities for Petroleum Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for petroleum engineers (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 petroleum engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $215,240, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for petroleum engineers. It is followed by Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska (average annual salary $165,440). 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 petroleum engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Petroleum Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$215,240	$107,620	110
2	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$165,440	$121,110	120
3	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$165,240	$92,900	1,390
4	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$165,020	$75,660	110
5	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$162,480	$62,400	50
6	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$160,210	$102,640	130
7	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$154,690	$73,210	540
8	Wheeling, West Virginia	$146,730	$94,610	60
9	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$144,450	$88,130	420
10	San Angelo, Texas	$144,310	$108,410	100
11	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$141,660	$98,860	5,480
12	Wichita Falls, Texas	$141,140	$91,300	40
13	Anchorage, Alaska	$140,910	$60,490	240
14	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$139,320	$83,810	670
15	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$139,020	$87,690	30
16	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$138,270	$82,480	40
17	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$138,200	$103,720	70
18	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$136,620	$77,520	50
19	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$136,560	$82,290	570
20	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$136,280	$77,770	100
21	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$135,820	$87,650	1,420
22	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$135,410	$101,420	150
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$134,230	$74,720	170
24	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$133,990	$86,580	670
25	Laredo, Texas	$133,880	$98,020	n/a
26	Waco, Texas	$132,530	$49,500	n/a
27	Midland, Texas	$132,070	$91,270	890
28	Billings, Montana	$132,020	$60,970	100
29	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$130,870	$105,380	450
30	Greeley, Colorado	$129,840	$52,870	130
31	Amarillo, Texas	$129,830	$27,080	70
32	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$129,220	$82,490	320
33	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$129,210	$105,460	50
34	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$128,970	$110,350	60
35	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$128,520	$78,630	100
36	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$127,730	$57,350	30
37	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$127,450	$88,520	430
38	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$126,230	$65,230	250
39	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$125,500	$87,930	40
40	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$125,320	$65,460	60
41	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$125,170	$82,450	450
42	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$125,040	$88,690	40
43	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$124,470	$79,350	30
44	St Louis, Missouri	$124,370	$103,850	60
45	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$124,280	$95,160	90
46	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$124,100	$86,530	90
47	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$123,850	$91,030	660
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$123,590	$77,180	380
49	Victoria, Texas	$122,980	$71,770	50
50	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$122,730	$66,210	240
51	Corpus Christi, Texas	$122,440	$79,100	180
52	Tyler, Texas	$122,340	$70,370	50
53	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$122,280	$71,600	50
54	Casper, Wyoming	$121,890	$69,030	60
55	Lafayette, Louisiana	$121,880	$67,090	70
56	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$121,700	$79,040	500
57	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$121,660	$46,100	50
58	Mobile, Alabama	$121,630	$89,210	30
59	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$121,620	$68,710	110
60	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$121,480	$89,990	480
61	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$119,910	$61,130	100
62	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$119,580	$86,640	30
63	Odessa, Texas	$119,240	$77,340	220
64	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$118,940	$89,930	40
65	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$118,940	$73,530	140
66	Kansas City, Missouri	$118,150	$62,950	40
67	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$118,140	$83,560	30
68	Abilene, Texas	$117,780	$86,890	30
69	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$117,260	$105,330	n/a
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$116,830	$84,200	120
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$116,760	$79,030	800
72	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$115,880	$53,610	80
73	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$114,400	$62,730	n/a
74	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$114,390	$73,230	30
75	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$113,870	$69,540	n/a
76	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$113,830	$87,170	350
77	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$113,400	$81,840	60
78	Pascagoula, Mississippi	$111,120	$84,580	30
79	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$109,020	$65,680	30
80	Longview, Texas	$108,460	$55,990	130
81	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$108,240	$57,070	110
82	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$108,130	$78,490	n/a
83	Wichita, Kansas	$107,700	$61,400	60
84	Bismarck, North Dakota	$107,640	$84,310	40
85	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$107,440	$71,900	n/a
86	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$105,920	$61,980	160
87	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$103,760	$59,020	40
88	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$103,390	$100,650	190
89	Columbus, Ohio	$103,240	$74,800	30
90	Farmington, New Mexico	$103,170	$59,990	60
91	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$103,120	$80,850	200
92	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$103,030	$66,380	170
93	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$101,670	$76,490	n/a
94	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$101,360	$73,790	70
95	Salt Lake City, Utah	$99,280	$74,720	70
96	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$98,360	$60,160	40
97	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$98,290	$79,250	60
98	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$97,440	$72,450	40
99	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$97,270	$76,950	100
100	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$97,050	$61,090	70

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for petroleum engineers.