A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Alabama was 88.8, or 11.2% below the national price level. Its housing index was 61.8.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Petroleum Engineers median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 17-2171 and BLS area 01.
Questions, answered
Petroleum Engineers pay in Alabama: common questions
What is the median wage for Petroleum Engineers in Alabama?
BLS did not publish a median for Petroleum Engineers in Alabama in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Petroleum Engineers pay higher in Alabama than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Alabama with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Alabama?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Petroleum Engineers jobs does BLS estimate in Alabama?
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What the Petroleum Engineers median says in Alabama
BLS did not publish an exact median for Petroleum Engineers in Alabama in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 17-2171 and BLS area 01.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Alabama's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 17-2171 and area 01. SOC 17-2171 names Petroleum Engineers. Area 01 names Alabama. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 17-2171/01 row reports 50 wage and salary jobs, 0.02 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.2 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 17-2171/01, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
17-2171/01 10th percentile: Not published.
17-2171/01 25th percentile: Not published.
17-2171/01 median: Not published.
17-2171/01 75th percentile: Not published.
17-2171/01 90th percentile: Not published.
17-2171/01 employment RSE: 38.6%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
17-2171/01 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 01 facts behind this Petroleum Engineers page
Area 01 reports 2,113,660 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $57,500. Its annual median is $45,670. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 17-2171 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Alabama runs from $26,090 at the 10th percentile to $101,250 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $32,050. The median is $45,670. The 75th percentile is $66,790. This is a place check, not a pay range for Petroleum Engineers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 01. They do not show related skills or a path into Petroleum Engineers.
1. Area 01, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 60,880 jobs, $30,040 annual median, 28.81 jobs per 1,000, and 1.15 location quotient.
2. Area 01, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 54,340 jobs, $77,080 annual median, 25.71 jobs per 1,000, and 1.18 location quotient.
3. Area 01, SOC 51-2090, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators: 53,280 jobs, $42,700 annual median, 25.21 jobs per 1,000, and 2.79 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Alabama wage ladder for Petroleum Engineers
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Alabama has a annual median of Not published. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $144,910 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Alabama. Alabama cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Alabama has no exact published median that can enter this Petroleum Engineers pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other states and territories may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Alabama without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 17-2171. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Petroleum Engineers medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 17-2171, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Alaska has the highest published median in this set, at $206,290 per year. Alabama sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Petroleum Engineers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Alaska has a Petroleum Engineers median of $206,290 per year, or not available. BLS lists 280 jobs there, compared with 50 in Alabama. The location quotient is 7.53.
2. Utah has a Petroleum Engineers median of $172,840 per year, or not available. BLS lists 280 jobs there, compared with 50 in Alabama. The location quotient is 1.4.
3. Colorado has a Petroleum Engineers median of $172,190 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,390 jobs there, compared with 50 in Alabama. The location quotient is 4.16.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Petroleum Engineers jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Petroleum Engineers in this same-source set, at 9,140 jobs. Alabama has 50. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Texas has 9,140 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 9,090 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $164,860 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 5.6.
2. Oklahoma has 1,450 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 1,400 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $153,020 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 7.29.
3. Colorado has 1,390 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 1,340 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $172,190 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 4.16.
Local-share leaders
Where Petroleum Engineers takes the largest share of local jobs
Alaska has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 7.53. Alabama has 0.2. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Petroleum Engineers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Alaska has a location quotient of 7.53, a gap of 7.33 from Alabama. BLS lists 280 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $206,290 per year, or not available.
2. Oklahoma has a location quotient of 7.29, a gap of 7.09 from Alabama. BLS lists 1,450 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $153,020 per year, or not available.
3. Texas has a location quotient of 5.6, a gap of 5.40 from Alabama. BLS lists 9,140 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $164,860 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Petroleum Engineers is in Alabama
BLS lists 50 Petroleum Engineers jobs in Alabama. It also lists 0.02 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.2. A value of 1 means Petroleum Engineers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
The all-occupations median in Alabama is $45,670 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Petroleum Engineers median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Alabama still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Petroleum Engineers from another role's number.
Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Alabama table, at 60,880 jobs. Petroleum Engineers has 50 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 2,113,660. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Petroleum Engineers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Retail Salespersons has 60,880 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 60,830 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $30,040 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.15.
2. Registered Nurses has 54,340 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 54,290 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $77,080 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.18.
3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 53,280 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 53,230 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $42,700 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.79.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Alabama
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Alabama role table, at $122,540 per year. Petroleum Engineers has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $45,670 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Software Developers has a median of $122,540 per year in Alabama, or not available. BLS lists 17,450 jobs, compared with 50 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.76.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $111,790 per year in Alabama, or not available. BLS lists 30,170 jobs, compared with 50 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.63.
3. Registered Nurses has a median of $77,080 per year in Alabama, or not available. BLS lists 54,340 jobs, compared with 50 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.18.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Alabama
Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Alabama role table, at 3.07. Petroleum Engineers has 0.2. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Petroleum Engineers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 3.07 in Alabama, a gap of 2.87 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 26,740 jobs and a median of $27,870 per year, or not available.
2. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a location quotient of 2.99 in Alabama, a gap of 2.79 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 17,850 jobs and a median of $61,920 per year, or not available.
3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.79 in Alabama, a gap of 2.59 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 53,280 jobs and a median of $42,700 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Alabama
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Petroleum Engineers in Alabama because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 88.8 for Alabama. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 17-2171.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Petroleum Engineers row is 38.6%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 50 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Petroleum Engineers. It uses a Alabama place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Petroleum Engineers row for Alabama does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 50 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.2 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 88.8 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 17-2171 in BLS area 01. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 50 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 01, SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers: 46,580 jobs, $34,290 annual median, 22.04 jobs per 1,000, and 1.21 location quotient.
5. Area 01, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 46,420 jobs, $28,250 annual median, 21.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.11 location quotient.
6. Area 01, SOC 43-6014, Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive: 45,050 jobs, $41,630 annual median, 21.31 jobs per 1,000, and 1.94 location quotient.
4. Texas has a Petroleum Engineers median of $164,860 per year, or not available. BLS lists 9,140 jobs there, compared with 50 in Alabama. The location quotient is 5.6.
5. Oklahoma has a Petroleum Engineers median of $153,020 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,450 jobs there, compared with 50 in Alabama. The location quotient is 7.29.
6. California has a Petroleum Engineers median of $143,590 per year, or not available. BLS lists 1,060 jobs there, compared with 50 in Alabama. The location quotient is 0.5.
7. Louisiana has a Petroleum Engineers median of $139,640 per year, or not available. BLS lists 710 jobs there, compared with 50 in Alabama. The location quotient is 3.17.
8. Washington has a Petroleum Engineers median of $134,800 per year, or not available. BLS lists 190 jobs there, compared with 50 in Alabama. The location quotient is 0.45.
4. California has 1,060 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 1,010 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $143,590 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.5.
5. Louisiana has 710 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 660 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $139,640 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 3.17.
6. Pennsylvania has 600 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 550 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $101,880 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.85.
7. West Virginia has 380 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 330 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $93,360 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 4.68.
8. Alaska has 280 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 230 jobs from Alabama. Its median is $206,290 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 7.53.
4. West Virginia has a location quotient of 4.68, a gap of 4.48 from Alabama. BLS lists 380 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $93,360 per year, or not available.
5. Colorado has a location quotient of 4.16, a gap of 3.96 from Alabama. BLS lists 1,390 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $172,190 per year, or not available.
6. Louisiana has a location quotient of 3.17, a gap of 2.97 from Alabama. BLS lists 710 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $139,640 per year, or not available.
7. New Mexico has a location quotient of 2.59, a gap of 2.39 from Alabama. BLS lists 260 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $99,900 per year, or not available.
8. North Dakota has a location quotient of 2.58, a gap of 2.38 from Alabama. BLS lists 130 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $132,120 per year, or not available.
4. Stockers and Order Fillers has 46,580 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 46,530 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $34,290 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.21.
5. Cashiers has 46,420 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 46,370 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $28,250 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
6. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 45,050 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 45,000 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $41,630 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.94.
7. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 41,460 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 41,410 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $23,700 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.79.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 36,650 jobs in Alabama, a gap of 36,600 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $52,120 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.31.
4. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $74,880 per year in Alabama, or not available. BLS lists 24,300 jobs, compared with 50 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.23.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $73,060 per year in Alabama, or not available. BLS lists 20,670 jobs, compared with 50 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 2.26.
6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,140 per year in Alabama, or not available. BLS lists 20,470 jobs, compared with 50 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.22.
7. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a median of $61,920 per year in Alabama, or not available. BLS lists 17,850 jobs, compared with 50 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 2.99.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $61,380 per year in Alabama, or not available. BLS lists 22,030 jobs, compared with 50 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.17.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 2.26 in Alabama, a gap of 2.06 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 20,670 jobs and a median of $73,060 per year, or not available.
5. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.94 in Alabama, a gap of 1.74 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 45,050 jobs and a median of $41,630 per year, or not available.
6. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 1.64 in Alabama, a gap of 1.44 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 25,020 jobs and a median of $44,860 per year, or not available.
7. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.46 in Alabama, a gap of 1.26 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 17,680 jobs and a median of $27,930 per year, or not available.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.31 in Alabama, a gap of 1.11 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 36,650 jobs and a median of $52,120 per year, or not available.
Precise employer-title matches for Petroleum Engineers in Alabama
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Alabama place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
