How much do Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers make in Billings, MT?

Percentile spread

For Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, the published 10th percentile is $78,890 and the 90th percentile is $108,160. The difference is $29,270, which is 28.4% 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 $90,340 to the 75th at $108,160, covers $17,820.

The mean annual wage is $98,040, which sits below the median of $103,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Billings, MT median is 6.6% higher than the national median of $96,710 for Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $110,247, which is 14% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.9% higher than the Montana median of $98,310.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Billings, MT is 93.526, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $103,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers at $110,247 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 Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers accounts for 0.41% of wage-and-salary employment in Billings, MT (380 of 93,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 19.00 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.