SOC 47-5011 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas make in Casper, WY?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas in Casper, WY is $76,840. The 10th percentile is $71,050 and the 90th percentile is $84,820. Employment is 30.
Median annual wage
$76,840
- 10th percentile
- $71,050
- 25th percentile
- $76,800
- Median
- $76,840
- 75th percentile
- $84,820
- 90th percentile
- $84,820
- Mean
- $77,940
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $71,050 and the 90th percentile is $84,820. The difference is $13,770, which is 17.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $76,800 to the 75th at $84,820, covers $8,020.
The mean annual wage is $77,940, which sits above the median of $76,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Casper, WY median is 31.1% higher than the national median of $58,620 for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,894, which is 39.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 0.1% higher than the Wyoming median of $76,750.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Casper, WY is 93.829, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas at $81,894 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Casper, WY (30 of 40,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (10,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 11.01 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Casper, WY · Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas make in Casper, WY?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas in Casper, WY is $76,840. The 10th percentile is $71,050 and the 90th percentile is $84,820. Employment is 30.
How does that compare with the national median for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas?
The local median is 31.1% higher than the national median of $58,620.
What is Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas pay in Casper, WY after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Casper, WY is 93.829, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $76,840 is $81,894. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.