SOC 47-5013 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas make in Anchorage, AK?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas in Anchorage, AK is $95,370. The 10th percentile is $60,420 and the 90th percentile is $177,950. Employment is 100.

Median annual wage

$95,370

10th percentile
$60,420
25th percentile
$62,470
Median
$95,370
75th percentile
$102,460
90th percentile
$177,950
Mean
$99,780

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $60,420 and the 90th percentile is $177,950. The difference is $117,530, which is 123.2% 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 $62,470 to the 75th at $102,460, covers $39,990.

The mean annual wage is $99,780, which sits above the median of $95,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Anchorage, AK median is 64% higher than the national median of $58,160 for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $90,467, which is 55.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.4% lower than the Alaska median of $106,480.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Anchorage, AK is 105.420, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $95,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas at $90,467 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 Service Unit Operators, 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

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Anchorage, AK (100 of 177,050). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (43,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.04 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 Anchorage, AK · Service Unit Operators, 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 Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas make in Anchorage, AK?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas in Anchorage, AK is $95,370. The 10th percentile is $60,420 and the 90th percentile is $177,950. Employment is 100.

How does that compare with the national median for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas?

The local median is 64% higher than the national median of $58,160.

What is Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas pay in Anchorage, AK after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Anchorage, AK is 105.420, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $95,370 is $90,467. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.