Petroleum Engineers Salary in Oklahoma City, OK

Petroleum Engineers pay range in Oklahoma City

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $104,680 a year or less, while the top 10% make $273,980 or more. The middle half of petroleum engineers in Oklahoma City earn between $135,710 and $220,150.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Petroleum Engineers salary after taxes in Oklahoma City

On the average salary of $177,150, a single filer in Oklahoma City takes home about $124,922 a year, or $10,410 a month and $4,805 every two weeks. Taxes take 29% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Oklahoma City a good place for petroleum engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Oklahoma City area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.4), so the average $177,150 buys what about $195,945 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 3.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Oklahoma City ($47,230). A typical home costs $246,872, or 1.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Petroleum Engineers salary in other Oklahoma cities

Oklahoma City ranks 1st of 2 Oklahoma metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Petroleum Engineers salaries in Oklahoma

Highest-paying cities for petroleum engineers

Anchorage, AK pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($203,250).

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