State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Oklahoma vs Utah
Petroleum Engineers in Utah earn a median of $172,840. In Oklahoma, $153,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 11.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.5%
Oklahoma vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-0.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $153,020
- p25
- $124,460
- p75
- $178,470
- p10
- $86,990
- p90
- $221,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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 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.