Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers Salary in the US
A petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers earns a national median of $96,710 a year (mean $90,630) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #155 of 825.
How much does a petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers earn in the US?
A petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers in the United States earns a median of $96,710 a year (mean $90,630), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 90% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 33,160 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-8093), ranked #155 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$96,710
per year
Mean
$90,630
per year
Employment
33,160
US workers
National rank
#155
of 825 by median
What a petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers (SOC 51-8093) earns a median annual wage of $96,710 and a mean (average) of $90,630. The median is the midpoint — half of petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers earn more and half earn less — and is 90% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers is $96,710, and the mean (average) is $90,630. The median is the midpoint — half of petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers earn more and half earn less.
- How does petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers pay compare to the US average?
- At $96,710, a petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers earns 90% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 33,160 petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers employed nationally (SOC 51-8093), across all industries.
- Where does this petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-8093. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-8093 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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