Highest-paying Cities for Wellhead Pumpers

The top 100 highest paying cities for wellhead pumpers (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 wellhead pumpers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $81,610, Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado is the highest paying city for wellhead pumpers. It is followed by Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas (average annual salary $79,820). 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 wellhead pumpers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Wellhead Pumpers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$81,610	$39,080	320
2	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$79,820	$39,290	1,250
3	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$76,600	$21,840	830
4	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$76,510	$47,830	950
5	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$75,700	$45,160	2,600
6	Greeley, Colorado	$75,080	$51,090	390
7	Midland, Texas	$74,920	$36,100	1,100
8	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$74,100	$53,770	140
9	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$74,070	$46,380	30
10	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$73,350	$45,930	110
11	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$71,710	$54,180	90
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$70,110	$55,090	n/a
13	Abilene, Texas	$69,580	$42,080	90
14	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,750	$55,930	70
15	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$66,950	$48,100	210
16	Odessa, Texas	$66,890	$41,230	220
17	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$65,720	$51,280	180
18	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$64,240	$49,480	120
19	Tyler, Texas	$63,870	$44,630	60
20	Casper, Wyoming	$63,740	$51,470	80
21	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$62,920	$31,350	310
22	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$62,900	$34,320	160
23	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$62,600	$36,100	140
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$61,860	$47,840	40
25	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$61,780	$33,390	150
26	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$61,670	$50,020	90
27	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$61,460	$45,640	90
28	San Angelo, Texas	$61,280	$45,780	80
29	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$61,150	$38,500	1,130
30	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$60,860	$44,230	120
31	Wichita, Kansas	$60,850	$44,880	50
32	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$60,520	$42,960	120
33	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$59,970	$38,770	40
34	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$59,710	$41,460	100
35	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$59,100	$36,970	110
36	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$58,540	$41,860	30
37	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$57,350	$37,440	430
38	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$56,940	$40,550	230
39	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$56,530	$32,570	720
40	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$55,740	$28,210	320
41	Farmington, New Mexico	$55,680	$34,660	150
42	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$55,450	$30,350	70
43	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$54,900	$23,610	420
44	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$54,900	$35,830	100
45	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$54,890	$36,780	100
46	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$54,180	$42,960	90
47	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$52,770	$33,420	130
48	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$52,710	$45,420	120
49	Wichita Falls, Texas	$52,350	$39,520	80
50	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$51,230	$36,420	50
51	Victoria, Texas	$50,910	$33,030	50
52	Akron, Ohio	$50,280	$37,950	30
53	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$49,730	$46,720	40
54	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$49,650	$24,190	150
55	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$49,620	$40,940	70
56	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$49,020	$38,750	50
57	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$49,000	$48,990	40
58	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$47,990	$42,440	40
59	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$47,720	$39,300	50
60	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$47,230	$31,530	40
61	Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$46,900	$33,270	40
62	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$46,840	$36,690	190
63	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$46,840	$38,570	120
64	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$46,030	$32,840	70
65	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$45,850	$41,990	60
66	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$45,620	$35,980	80
67	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$44,960	$39,840	180
68	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$44,940	$36,210	150
69	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$44,640	$24,960	50
70	Corpus Christi, Texas	$44,460	$34,140	90
71	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$43,260	$19,470	250
72	Kansas City, Missouri	$43,140	$30,300	40
73	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$42,130	$33,410	90
74	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$42,120	$18,320	50
75	Evansville, Kentucky	$42,030	$16,600	50
76	Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$41,540	$33,060	30
77	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$40,840	$33,660	260
78	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$40,680	$20,960	100
79	Amarillo, Texas	$39,910	$33,480	50
80	Longview, Texas	$38,580	$34,190	190
81	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$38,190	$27,310	50
82	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$38,100	$16,740	40
83	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$37,580	$30,580	140
84	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$37,550	$33,940	80
85	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$37,480	$22,880	50
86	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$37,440	$30,580	30
87	Wheeling, West Virginia	$36,460	$31,860	40
88	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$36,350	$26,460	n/a
89	Charleston, West Virginia	$36,270	$30,020	60
90	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$35,320	$30,240	190
91	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$30,630	$26,630	30
92	Morgantown, West Virginia	$29,970	$23,500	n/a
93	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$27,800	$21,450	90
94	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$27,710	$17,450	40
95	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$27,660	$16,960	50

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