Petroleum Engineers Salary in Midland, TX

Petroleum Engineers pay range in Midland

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $90,620 a year or less, while the top 10% make $298,530 or more. The middle half of petroleum engineers in Midland earn between $130,300 and $227,880.

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

Petroleum Engineers salary after taxes in Midland

On the average salary of $184,150, a single filer in Midland takes home about $137,133 a year, or $11,428 a month and $5,274 every two weeks. Taxes take 26% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Midland area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.8), so the average $184,150 buys what about $192,257 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 3.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Midland ($54,480). A typical home costs $330,428, or 1.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Petroleum Engineers salary in other Texas cities

Midland ranks 1st of 12 Texas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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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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