State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Pennsylvania vs Utah
Petroleum Engineers in Utah earn a median of $172,840. In Pennsylvania, $101,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.3% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.1%
Pennsylvania vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-40.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $101,880
- p25
- $96,040
- p75
- $138,890
- p10
- $77,220
- p90
- $175,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.