SOC 47-5071 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Roustabouts, Oil and Gas make in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $52,320. The 10th percentile is $41,040 and the 90th percentile is $60,440. Employment is 70.
Median annual wage
$52,320
- 10th percentile
- $41,040
- 25th percentile
- $49,330
- Median
- $52,320
- 75th percentile
- $55,390
- 90th percentile
- $60,440
- Mean
- $52,260
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Roustabouts, Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $41,040 and the 90th percentile is $60,440. The difference is $19,400, which is 37.1% 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 $49,330 to the 75th at $55,390, covers $6,060.
The mean annual wage is $52,260, which sits below the median of $52,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT median is 11.4% higher than the national median of $46,960 for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,870, which is 10.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 8.4% higher than the Utah median of $48,270.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Roustabouts, Oil and Gas at $51,870 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (70 of 826,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (44,970 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.29 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT · 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is $52,320. The 10th percentile is $41,040 and the 90th percentile is $60,440. Employment is 70.
How does that compare with the national median for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas?
The local median is 11.4% higher than the national median of $46,960.
What is Roustabouts, Oil and Gas pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 100.868, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $52,320 is $51,870. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.