SOC 47-5011 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas make in Oklahoma City, OK?

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 Oklahoma City, OK is $62,370. The 10th percentile is $56,110 and the 90th percentile is $63,840. Employment is 260.

Median annual wage

$62,370

10th percentile
$56,110
25th percentile
$56,570
Median
$62,370
75th percentile
$63,840
90th percentile
$63,840
Mean
$61,490

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $56,110 and the 90th percentile is $63,840. The difference is $7,730, which is 12.4% 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 $56,570 to the 75th at $63,840, covers $7,270.

The mean annual wage is $61,490, which sits below the median of $62,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Oklahoma City, OK median is 6.4% higher than the national median of $58,620 for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $68,987, which is 17.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7% higher than the Oklahoma median of $58,270.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Oklahoma City, OK is 90.408, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas at $68,987 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 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Oklahoma City, OK (260 of 677,680). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (10,590 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.63 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas make in Oklahoma City, OK?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas in Oklahoma City, OK is $62,370. The 10th percentile is $56,110 and the 90th percentile is $63,840. Employment is 260.

How does that compare with the national median for Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas?

The local median is 6.4% higher than the national median of $58,620.

What is Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas pay in Oklahoma City, OK after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Oklahoma City, OK is 90.408, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $62,370 is $68,987. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.