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 Michigan was 96.2, or 3.8% below the national price level. Its housing index was 82.3.
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 26.
Questions, answered
Petroleum Engineers pay in Michigan: common questions
What is the median wage for Petroleum Engineers in Michigan?
BLS did not publish a median for Petroleum Engineers in Michigan in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Petroleum Engineers pay higher in Michigan than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Michigan with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Michigan?
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 Michigan?
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What the Petroleum Engineers median says in Michigan
BLS did not publish an exact median for Petroleum Engineers in Michigan 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 26.
BLS lists 580 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 Michigan'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 26. SOC 17-2171 names Petroleum Engineers. Area 26 names Michigan. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 17-2171/26 row reports 580 wage and salary jobs, 0.13 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.14 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 17-2171/26, 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.
17-2171/26 10th percentile: Not published.
17-2171/26 25th percentile: Not published.
17-2171/26 median: Not published.
17-2171/26 75th percentile: Not published.
17-2171/26 90th percentile: Not published.
17-2171/26 employment RSE: 23.6%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
17-2171/26 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 26 facts behind this Petroleum Engineers page
Area 26 reports 4,403,730 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $64,920. Its annual median is $49,270. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.2%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 17-2171 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Michigan runs from $30,290 at the 10th percentile to $110,650 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $37,070. The median is $49,270. The 75th percentile is $77,910. 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 26. They do not show related skills or a path into Petroleum Engineers.
1. Area 26, SOC 51-2090, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators: 112,310 jobs, $44,690 annual median, 25.5 jobs per 1,000, and 2.82 location quotient.
2. Area 26, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 111,010 jobs, $34,640 annual median, 25.21 jobs per 1,000, and 1.01 location quotient.
3. Area 26, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 104,950 jobs, $94,300 annual median, 23.83 jobs per 1,000, and 1.1 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Michigan 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.
Michigan 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 Michigan. Michigan 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.
Michigan 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 Michigan 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. Michigan 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 580 in Michigan. 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 580 in Michigan. 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 580 in Michigan. 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. Michigan has 580. 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 8,560 jobs from Michigan. 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 870 jobs from Michigan. 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 810 jobs from Michigan. 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. Michigan has 1.14. 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 6.39 from Michigan. 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 6.15 from Michigan. 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 4.46 from Michigan. 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 Michigan
BLS lists 580 Petroleum Engineers jobs in Michigan. It also lists 0.13 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 1.14. A value of 1 means Petroleum Engineers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher 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.
Petroleum Engineers beside other roles in Michigan
The all-occupations median in Michigan is $49,270 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 Michigan 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.
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Michigan table, at 112,310 jobs. Petroleum Engineers has 580 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 4,403,730. 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. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 112,310 jobs in Michigan, a gap of 111,730 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $44,690 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.82.
2. Retail Salespersons has 111,010 jobs in Michigan, a gap of 110,430 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $34,640 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.01.
3. Registered Nurses has 104,950 jobs in Michigan, a gap of 104,370 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $94,300 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.1.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Michigan
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Michigan role table, at $125,570 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 $49,270 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 $125,570 per year in Michigan, or not available. BLS lists 43,460 jobs, compared with 580 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.91.
2. Mechanical Engineers has a median of $104,890 per year in Michigan, or not available. BLS lists 34,630 jobs, compared with 580 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 4.12.
3. Industrial Engineers has a median of $101,680 per year in Michigan, or not available. BLS lists 30,990 jobs, compared with 580 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 2.99.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Michigan
Mechanical Engineers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Michigan role table, at 4.12. Petroleum Engineers has 1.14. 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. Mechanical Engineers has a location quotient of 4.12 in Michigan, a gap of 2.98 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 34,630 jobs and a median of $104,890 per year, or not available.
2. Industrial Engineers has a location quotient of 2.99 in Michigan, a gap of 1.85 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 30,990 jobs and a median of $101,680 per year, or not available.
3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 2.82 in Michigan, a gap of 1.68 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 112,310 jobs and a median of $44,690 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Michigan
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Petroleum Engineers in Michigan 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 96.2 for Michigan. 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 23.6%. 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 580 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 Michigan 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 Michigan 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 580 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.14 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 96.2 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 26. 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 580 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 26, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 103,130 jobs, $28,930 annual median, 23.42 jobs per 1,000, and 0.94 location quotient.
5. Area 26, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 95,020 jobs, $35,000 annual median, 21.58 jobs per 1,000, and 0.78 location quotient.
6. Area 26, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 92,930 jobs, $29,740 annual median, 21.1 jobs per 1,000, and 1.06 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 580 in Michigan. 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 580 in Michigan. 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 580 in Michigan. 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 580 in Michigan. 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 580 in Michigan. The location quotient is 0.45.
4. California has 1,060 estimated Petroleum Engineers jobs, a gap of 480 jobs from Michigan. 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 130 jobs from Michigan. 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 20 jobs from Michigan. 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 200 jobs from Michigan. 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 300 jobs from Michigan. 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 3.54 from Michigan. 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 3.02 from Michigan. 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 2.03 from Michigan. 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 1.45 from Michigan. 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 1.44 from Michigan. BLS lists 130 Petroleum Engineers jobs and a median of $132,120 per year, or not available.
4. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 103,130 jobs in Michigan, a gap of 102,550 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $28,930 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.94.
5. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 95,020 jobs in Michigan, a gap of 94,440 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $35,000 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.78.
6. Cashiers has 92,930 jobs in Michigan, a gap of 92,350 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $29,740 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.06.
7. Office Clerks, General has 88,030 jobs in Michigan, a gap of 87,450 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $44,820 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.26.
8. General and Operations Managers has 85,860 jobs in Michigan, a gap of 85,280 from Petroleum Engineers. Its median is $99,530 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.87.
4. General and Operations Managers has a median of $99,530 per year in Michigan, or not available. BLS lists 85,860 jobs, compared with 580 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.87.
5. Registered Nurses has a median of $94,300 per year in Michigan, or not available. BLS lists 104,950 jobs, compared with 580 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.1.
6. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $78,820 per year in Michigan, or not available. BLS lists 41,460 jobs, compared with 580 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.01.
7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $72,980 per year in Michigan, or not available. BLS lists 40,960 jobs, compared with 580 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.17.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $65,110 per year in Michigan, or not available. BLS lists 40,910 jobs, compared with 580 for Petroleum Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.04.
4. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.26 in Michigan, a gap of 0.12 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 88,030 jobs and a median of $44,820 per year, or not available.
5. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers has a location quotient of 1.2 in Michigan, a gap of 0.06 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 32,330 jobs and a median of $38,120 per year, or not available.
6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.17 in Michigan, a gap of 0.03 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 40,960 jobs and a median of $72,980 per year, or not available.
7. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.1 in Michigan, a gap of 0.04 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 104,950 jobs and a median of $94,300 per year, or not available.
8. Cashiers has a location quotient of 1.06 in Michigan, a gap of 0.08 from Petroleum Engineers. BLS lists 92,930 jobs and a median of $29,740 per year, or not available.
Precise employer-title matches for Petroleum Engineers in Michigan
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Michigan place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
