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Highest-paying States for Petroleum Engineers

The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $215,240, New Jersey is the highest paying state for petroleum engineers. It is followed by Alaska (average annual salary $140,380). 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 state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Petroleum Engineers (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New Jersey	$215,240	$128,210	120
2	Alaska	$140,380	$60,430	360
3	Arizona	$139,250	$99,750	90
4	Colorado	$136,980	$83,240	920
5	Florida	$136,180	$67,200	60
6	California	$134,910	$77,180	2,010
7	Texas	$134,220	$83,890	11,120
8	Louisiana	$131,560	$103,280	860
9	Minnesota	$130,520	$75,700	110
10	Oklahoma	$130,290	$83,990	1,470
11	New Mexico	$126,200	$65,200	350
12	Illinois	$125,210	$50,520	110
13	Wyoming	$121,660	$68,710	200
14	Washington	$121,240	$77,340	70
15	Alabama	$119,990	$53,140	30
16	Hawaii	$119,580	$86,640	30
17	Mississippi	$114,340	$86,630	130
18	Georgia	$110,890	$62,560	80
19	North Dakota	$103,120	$80,850	210
20	Ohio	$101,210	$59,270	220
21	Kansas	$100,740	$66,070	130
22	Utah	$99,280	$75,940	140
23	Nebraska	$97,270	$76,950	120
24	Massachusetts	$97,030	$56,730	40
25	Kentucky	$96,720	$68,520	50
26	Missouri	$96,540	$60,210	40
27	West Virginia	$95,960	$61,980	380
28	Virginia	$95,870	$53,610	100
29	Tennessee	$93,100	$75,610	50
30	New York	$85,880	$76,490	40
31	Arkansas	$85,570	$76,130	110
32	Michigan	$84,510	$47,990	90
33	Pennsylvania	$81,100	$59,610	530
34	Montana	$80,310	$38,130	230
35	Indiana	$79,990	$62,890	50

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of petroleum engineers in those states is not available at this time.