State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Colorado vs Utah
Petroleum Engineers in Utah earn a median of $172,840. In Colorado, $172,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 0.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.4%
Colorado vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-4.4%
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
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 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.