State comparison · 2025
Petroleum Engineers salary: Texas vs Utah
Petroleum Engineers in Utah earn a median of $172,840. In Texas, $164,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.6%
Texas vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Petroleum Engineers
- Median
- $164,860
- p25
- $123,450
- p75
- $220,330
- p10
- $89,990
- p90
- $283,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.