State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Nebraska vs Utah
Petroleum Engineers in Utah earn a median of $172,840. In Nebraska, $100,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 41.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.7%
Nebraska vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-36%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $100,800
- p25
- $95,960
- p75
- $135,540
- p10
- $80,880
- p90
- $165,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.