How much do Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers make in Vallejo, CA?

Percentile spread

For Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, the published 10th percentile is $86,510 and the 90th percentile is $134,690. The difference is $48,180, which is 46.8% 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 $103,040 to the 75th at $103,040, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $106,180, which sits above the median of $103,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Vallejo, CA median is 6.5% 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 $94,986, which is 1.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% lower than the California median of $103,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Vallejo, CA is 108.479, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $103,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers at $94,986 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers. Vallejo, CA ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 39 miles away, with a median of $117,660 and employment of 870. That median is 14.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $101,771, against $94,986 here.
• Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 62 miles away, with a median of $85,220 and employment of 30. That median is 17.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,891, against $94,986 here.

Employment share

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Vallejo, CA (130 of 144,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.23 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.