State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Louisiana vs Utah
Petroleum Engineers in Utah earn a median of $172,840. In Louisiana, $139,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.4% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.2%
Louisiana vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-9.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $139,640
- p25
- $89,880
- p75
- $178,810
- p10
- $43,440
- p90
- $221,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.