Petroleum Engineers Salary in Longview, TX

Petroleum Engineers pay range in Longview

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $60,490 a year or less, while the top 10% make $195,470 or more. The middle half of petroleum engineers in Longview earn between $75,400 and $154,080.

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

Petroleum Engineers salary after taxes in Longview

On the average salary of $115,870, a single filer in Longview takes home about $90,345 a year, or $7,529 a month and $3,475 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Longview area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.5), so the average $115,870 buys what about $129,485 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Longview ($45,150). A typical home costs $220,865, or 1.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Petroleum Engineers salary in other Texas cities

Longview ranks 12th of 12 Texas metro areas for this job; Midland pays the most ($184,150).

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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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