State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Petroleum Engineers in Colorado earn a median of $172,190. In Texas, $164,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 4.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.4%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-1.6%
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
Texas
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $164,860
- p25
- $123,450
- p75
- $220,330
- p10
- $89,990
- p90
- $283,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.