SOC 47-5071 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Roustabouts, Oil and Gas make in Farmington, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas in Farmington, NM is $48,970. The 10th percentile is $36,530 and the 90th percentile is $56,820. Employment is 210.

Median annual wage

$48,970

10th percentile
$36,530
25th percentile
$37,930
Median
$48,970
75th percentile
$48,980
90th percentile
$56,820
Mean
$46,720

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Roustabouts, Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $36,530 and the 90th percentile is $56,820. The difference is $20,290, which is 41.4% 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 $37,930 to the 75th at $48,980, covers $11,050.

The mean annual wage is $46,720, which sits below the median of $48,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Farmington, NM median is 4.3% higher than the national median of $46,960 for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,834, which is 18.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% lower than the New Mexico median of $50,000.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Farmington, NM is 87.707, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Roustabouts, Oil and Gas at $55,834 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 Roustabouts, Oil and Gas. Farmington, NM ranks 1st 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).).

  • Grand Junction, CO is 173 miles away, with a median of $47,720 and employment of 130. That median is 2.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,981, against $55,834 here.

Employment share

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas accounts for 0.44% of wage-and-salary employment in Farmington, NM (210 of 47,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (44,970 of 155,495,730). The local share is 15.23 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Farmington, NM · Roustabouts, Oil and Gas by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Roustabouts, Oil and Gas make in Farmington, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas in Farmington, NM is $48,970. The 10th percentile is $36,530 and the 90th percentile is $56,820. Employment is 210.

How does that compare with the national median for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas?

The local median is 4.3% higher than the national median of $46,960.

What is Roustabouts, Oil and Gas pay in Farmington, NM after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Farmington, NM is 87.707, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,970 is $55,834. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Farmington, NM compare with nearby metros for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas?

Grand Junction, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 173 miles away, at $47,720. Farmington, NM ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.