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Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumperss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for pump operators, except wellhead pumpers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 37 metro areas

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$82,090	90	0.5
2	Baton Rouge, LA	$79,840	100	0.2
3	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$79,010	40	0.0
4	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$76,670	770	0.2
5	Anchorage, AK	$75,810	60	0.3
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$71,780	110	0.0
7	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$67,550	90	0.1
8	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$66,920	60	0.1
9	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$64,220	100	0.6
10	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$64,050	120	0.0
11	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$63,540	410	0.0
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$63,480	300	0.2
13	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$63,110	210	0.1
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$63,060	250	0.0
15	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	$62,820	70	0.9
16	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$60,990	40	0.1
17	Casper, WY	$60,130	70	1.7
18	Fresno, CA	$59,540	40	0.1
19	Corpus Christi, TX	$59,300	40	0.2
20	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$59,250	60	0.1
21	Jacksonville, FL	$57,930	60	0.1
22	Bend, OR	$57,730	40	0.4
23	Midland, TX	$54,800	270	2.2
24	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$54,040	30	0.0
25	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$53,980	90	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.