engineer in oil and gas salary
Pay by Industry. As of 2011, about half of all petroleum engineers worked in the oil and gas extraction industry and also earned the highest pay for their occupation, an average of $150,890 per year, according to the BLS.y state, the top earners among petroleum engineers were employed in Massachusetts, where they earned a very high average salary of $221,500 a year, as of 2011. North Dakota ranked second at $176,910 a year, followed by Alaska at $149,450, Texas at $147,070 and Oklahoma at $146,770.