Pay by IndustryThe largest employer

Pay by Industry
The largest employer of petroleum engineers in the 2011 government report was the oil and gas extraction industry. The 15,720 engineers in this field averaged $150,890 per year, the top pay. The second-largest employer was mining support activities, which had 4,450 engineers earning an average of $111,400 per year. Petroleum and coal products manufacturing and architectural and engineering services each employed more than 2,000 engineers, at average annual salaries of $132,400 and $135,420 respectively.