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Roustabouts, Oil and Gas pay in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA and Tyler, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Roustabouts, Oil and Gas is $71,280 per year in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA. It is $55,000 per year in Tyler, TX. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 29.6% above Tyler, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-5071 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA and 250 in Tyler, TX. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings