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

How much do Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas make in Williamsport, PA?

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 Williamsport, PA is $61,280. The 10th percentile is $45,660 and the 90th percentile is $69,270. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$61,280

10th percentile
$45,660
25th percentile
$47,300
Median
$61,280
75th percentile
$61,280
90th percentile
$69,270
Mean
$56,720

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas, the published 10th percentile is $45,660 and the 90th percentile is $69,270. The difference is $23,610, which is 38.5% 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 $47,300 to the 75th at $61,280, covers $13,980.

The mean annual wage is $56,720, which sits below the median of $61,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Williamsport, PA median is 5.4% higher than the national median of $58,160 for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,356, which is 14.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.9% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $54,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Williamsport, PA is 92.350, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,280 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas at $66,356 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 Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas. Williamsport, PA 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).).

  • Pittsburgh, PA is 159 miles away, with a median of $59,520 and employment of 710. That median is 2.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,870, against $66,356 here.

Employment share

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas accounts for 0.16% of wage-and-salary employment in Williamsport, PA (80 of 49,510). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (43,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.82 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 Williamsport, PA · 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 Williamsport, PA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas in Williamsport, PA is $61,280. The 10th percentile is $45,660 and the 90th percentile is $69,270. Employment is 80.

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

The local median is 5.4% higher than the national median of $58,160.

What is Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas pay in Williamsport, PA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Williamsport, PA is 92.350, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $61,280 is $66,356. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Williamsport, PA compare with nearby metros for Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas?

Pittsburgh, PA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 159 miles away, at $59,520. Williamsport, PA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.