How much do Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers make in Wichita, KS?

Percentile spread

For Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers, the published 10th percentile is $79,870 and the 90th percentile is $114,210. The difference is $34,340, which is 32.0% 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 $90,620 to the 75th at $107,260, covers $16,640.

The mean annual wage is $97,950, which sits below the median of $107,260. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wichita, KS median is 10.9% 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 $120,590, which is 24.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.3% higher than the Kansas median of $101,880.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $107,260 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers at $120,590 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. Wichita, KS 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).).

• Tulsa, OK is 112 miles away, with a median of $107,170 and employment of 570. That median is 0.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $120,127, against $120,590 here.
• Oklahoma City, OK is 153 miles away, with a median of $84,750 and employment of 110. That median is 21% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $93,742, against $120,590 here.
• Kansas City, MO-KS is 176 miles away, with a median of $98,770 and employment of 80. That median is 7.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,729, against $120,590 here.

Employment share

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Wichita, KS (370 of 308,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.62 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.