Petroleum Engineers Salary in Odessa, TX

Petroleum Engineers pay range in Odessa

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $78,980 a year or less, while the top 10% make $218,320 or more. The middle half of petroleum engineers in Odessa earn between $96,730 and $177,270.

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

Petroleum Engineers salary after taxes in Odessa

On the average salary of $147,120, a single filer in Odessa takes home about $111,823 a year, or $9,319 a month and $4,301 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Odessa area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.9), so the average $147,120 buys what about $156,684 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Odessa ($48,590). A typical home costs $256,700, or 1.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Petroleum Engineers salary in other Texas cities

Odessa ranks 8th 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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