Petroleum Engineers · SOC 17-2171
Petroleum Engineers Salary in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Petroleum Engineers in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $133,010 per year ($63.95 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $95,340 at the 10th percentile to $201,980 at the 90th. BLS estimates 160 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Petroleum Engineers in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earn more than $133,010 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $124,980 and $154,960.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $95,340 | $124,980 | $133,010 | $154,960 | $201,980 |
| Hourly | $45.84 | $60.09 | $63.95 | $74.50 | $97.11 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$133,010 median for Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $124,980 to $154,960
- Texasstate$164,860 median for Texas; middle half earns $123,450 to $220,330
- United Statesnational$144,910 median for United States; middle half earns $106,270 to $197,920
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −19% vs Texas overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Texas
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for petroleum engineers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan areathis page$133,010 median for Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $124,980 to $154,960
- $172,070 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $130,300 to $227,880
- $169,870 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $126,640 to $225,080
- $168,860 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $133,570 to $208,450
- $168,600 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $131,400 to $221,090
- $167,600 median for Beaumont metro area; middle half earns $134,970 to $175,070
- $164,480 median for Lubbock metro area; middle half earns $97,210 to $201,060
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for petroleum engineerss · Highest-paying occupations in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.