How much do Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas make in Farmington, NM?

Percentile spread

For Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $39,520 and the 90th percentile is $61,750. The difference is $22,230, which is 42.2% 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 $46,550 to the 75th at $59,950, covers $13,400.

The mean annual wage is $51,830, which sits below the median of $52,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Farmington, NM median is 10.2% lower than the national median of $58,620 for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $60,018, which is 2.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.6% lower than the New Mexico median of $59,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Farmington, NM is 87.707, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas at $60,018 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 0.38% of wage-and-salary employment in Farmington, NM (180 of 47,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (10,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 55.44 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.