How much do Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers make in Ogden, UT?

Percentile spread

For Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, the published 10th percentile is $65,140 and the 90th percentile is $106,320. The difference is $41,180, which is 38.9% 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 $105,170 to the 75th at $106,050, covers $880.

The mean annual wage is $98,330, which sits below the median of $105,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ogden, UT median is 9.6% 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 $105,611, which is 9.2% higher 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 Utah median of $105,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Ogden, UT is 100.349, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $105,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers at $105,611 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers. Ogden, UT ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 68 miles away, with a median of $109,390 and employment of 120. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $108,449, against $105,611 here.

Employment share

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Ogden, UT (430 of 271,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 7.43 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.