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Average pay in mining, oil and gas: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Average pay in mining, oil and gas ($, derived). All 50 states with data in Mining, oil and gas jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 21, 211, 212, 213 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 115,081 (United States).

Washington: 83,665Idaho: 88,388Montana: 112,730North Dakota: 124,502Minnesota: 108,970Michigan: 88,501Ohio: 81,879Pennsylvania: 114,963New York: 83,596Vermont: 74,305New Hampshire: 90,200Maine: 73,233Arizona: 90,982California: 113,098New Mexico: 103,190Texas: 134,217Louisiana: 100,387Mississippi: 82,608Alabama: 101,963Florida: 87,734Georgia: 82,031South Carolina: 87,254North Carolina: 81,981Virginia: 90,122District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 77,874Delaware: 164,515New Jersey: 98,118Connecticut: 102,238Rhode Island: 91,578Massachusetts: 101,465Oregon: 77,737Utah: 90,753Wyoming: 107,215Nevada: 112,893Colorado: 145,846South Dakota: 91,622Nebraska: 85,900Kansas: 66,862Oklahoma: 118,629Iowa: 72,095Missouri: 70,256Wisconsin: 85,991Illinois: 91,763Kentucky: 82,213Arkansas: 69,904Tennessee: 76,282West Virginia: 102,866Indiana: 85,630Alaska: 143,196Hawaii: 81,437

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • RI 91,578 $
  • DE 164,515 $
  • CT 102,238 $
  • NJ 98,118 $
  • MD 77,874 $
  • MA 101,465 $
  • VT 74,305 $
  • NH 90,200 $
  • Lowest: 66,862 to 81,879 $
  • Group 2: 81,879 to 87,254 $
  • Group 3: 87,254 to 91,763 $
  • Group 4: 91,763 to 112,730 $
  • Highest: 112,730 to 164,515 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Delaware164,515
2Colorado145,846
3Alaska143,196
4Texas134,217
5North Dakota124,502
6Oklahoma118,629
7Pennsylvania114,963
8California113,098
9Nevada112,893
10Montana112,730
11Minnesota108,970
12Wyoming107,215
13New Mexico103,190
14West Virginia102,866
15Connecticut102,238
16Alabama101,963
17Massachusetts101,465
18Louisiana100,387
19New Jersey98,118
20Illinois91,763
21South Dakota91,622
22Rhode Island91,578
23Arizona90,982
24Utah90,753
25New Hampshire90,200
26Virginia90,122
27Michigan88,501
28Idaho88,388
29Florida87,734
30South Carolina87,254
31Wisconsin85,991
32Nebraska85,900
33Indiana85,630
34Washington83,665
35New York83,596
36Mississippi82,608
37Kentucky82,213
38Georgia82,031
39North Carolina81,981
40Ohio81,879
41Hawaii81,437
42Maryland77,874
43Oregon77,737
44Tennessee76,282
45Vermont74,305
46Maine73,233
47Iowa72,095
48Missouri70,256
49Arkansas69,904
50Kansas66,862

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 21, 211, 212, 213 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by average pay in mining, oil and gas ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 21 (mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction) and subsectors 211, 212, 213; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-mining-oil-and-gas/

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