State comparison · 2024
Petroleum Engineers salary: Arkansas vs Utah
Petroleum Engineers in Utah earn a median of $172,840. In Arkansas, $102,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.8% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.9%
Arkansas vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-32.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $102,110
- p25
- $95,640
- p75
- $150,020
- p10
- $80,800
- p90
- $170,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
Utah
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $172,840
- p25
- $122,000
- p75
- $186,860
- p10
- $101,490
- p90
- $212,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. 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.