State comparison · 2024
Petroleum Engineers salary: New Jersey vs Utah
Petroleum Engineers in Utah earn a median of $172,840. In New Jersey, $140,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 18.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.5%
New Jersey vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-25.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $140,800
- p25
- $98,800
- p75
- $171,430
- p10
- $75,760
- p90
- —
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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 2024. 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.