State comparison · 2025
Mining and Geological Engineers salary: Arizona vs Oklahoma
Mining and Geological Engineers in Oklahoma earn a median of $131,660. In Arizona, $102,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.4% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Arizona vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-32.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $102,130
- p25
- $97,130
- p75
- $124,700
- p10
- $82,390
- p90
- $173,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
Oklahoma
Mining and Geological Engineers
- Median
- $131,660
- p25
- $102,960
- p75
- $132,580
- p10
- $69,990
- p90
- $178,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.