SOC 17-2171 · Architecture and Engineering Occupations · May 2025

How much do Petroleum Engineers make in Casper, WY?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Petroleum Engineers in Casper, WY is $125,640. The 10th percentile is $92,390 and the 90th percentile is $211,720. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$125,640

10th percentile
$92,390
25th percentile
$103,010
Median
$125,640
75th percentile
$151,190
90th percentile
$211,720
Mean
$134,950

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Petroleum Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $92,390 and the 90th percentile is $211,720. The difference is $119,330, which is 95.0% 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 $103,010 to the 75th at $151,190, covers $48,180.

The mean annual wage is $134,950, which sits above the median of $125,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Casper, WY median is 13.3% lower than the national median of $144,910 for Petroleum Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $133,903, which is 7.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

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 $125,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Petroleum Engineers at $133,903 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 Petroleum Engineers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Petroleum Engineers accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Casper, WY (80 of 40,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (18,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 17.21 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 · Petroleum Engineers 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 Petroleum Engineers make in Casper, WY?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Petroleum Engineers in Casper, WY is $125,640. The 10th percentile is $92,390 and the 90th percentile is $211,720. Employment is 80.

How does that compare with the national median for Petroleum Engineers?

The local median is 13.3% lower than the national median of $144,910.

What is Petroleum Engineers 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 $125,640 is $133,903. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.