How much do Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Percentile spread

For Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, the published 10th percentile is $83,000 and the 90th percentile is $128,840. The difference is $45,840, which is 44.4% 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 $102,940 to the 75th at $128,090, covers $25,150.

The mean annual wage is $106,940, which sits above the median of $103,250. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 6.8% 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 $90,916, which is 6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the California median of $103,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $103,250 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers at $90,916 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 91 miles away, with a median of $97,530 and employment of 240. That median is 5.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $96,673, against $90,916 here.
• San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $72,930 and employment of 100. That median is 29.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,182, against $90,916 here.
• Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $79,840 and employment of 120. That median is 22.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,008, against $90,916 here.

Employment share

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (1,700 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.27 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.