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Highest-paying States for Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining

The highest-paying states for service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining (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 service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $84,850, Alaska is the highest paying state for service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining. It is followed by Montana (average annual salary $71,270). 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 service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Alaska	$84,850	$50,990	1,100
2	Montana	$71,270	$35,050	100
3	Idaho	$69,730	$30,300	60
4	Missouri	$67,230	$35,840	110
5	Utah	$64,820	$50,120	430
6	New Mexico	$62,380	$43,030	1,460
7	North Dakota	$62,290	$39,470	2,620
8	California	$58,850	$37,700	2,220
9	Wyoming	$58,020	$39,360	790
10	Colorado	$57,300	$41,880	2,320
11	New York	$56,240	$34,810	80
12	Minnesota	$56,070	$38,920	30
13	Nevada	$55,080	$34,570	110
14	Oklahoma	$52,770	$31,380	2,730
15	Louisiana	$51,650	$34,120	2,190
16	Arkansas	$50,360	$29,950	310
17	Mississippi	$49,230	$39,110	180
18	Tennessee	$48,220	$34,960	40
19	Ohio	$47,820	$29,990	340
20	Texas	$47,750	$35,120	14,800
21	Indiana	$47,160	$33,410	60
22	West Virginia	$45,880	$28,230	480
23	Kansas	$45,780	$31,560	520
24	Florida	$44,500	$37,330	50
25	Pennsylvania	$44,030	$31,710	1,580
26	Illinois	$40,290	$30,840	430
27	Michigan	$40,250	$32,080	790
28	Arizona	$38,310	$31,770	30
29	Kentucky	$36,220	$18,780	120
30	Alabama	$33,800	$31,490	150
31	Virginia	$31,480	$29,670	100
32	South Carolina	$30,130	$23,530	170
33	Nebraska	$25,580	$23,980	40

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining in those states is not available at this time.