State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Colorado vs Kansas
Petroleum Engineers in Colorado earn a median of $172,190. In Kansas, $115,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.1% — not 48.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.9%
Colorado vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+30.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $172,190
- p25
- $112,070
- p75
- $214,220
- p10
- $92,590
- p90
- $264,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Kansas
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $115,640
- p25
- $92,650
- p75
- $127,820
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $195,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.