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Petroleum Engineers visa sponsorship salary

Across 102 certified work-visa filings classified under SOC 17-2171, the median wage for Petroleum Engineers is $139,850. The middle half falls between $108,600 and $175,771; the top decile begins at $203,500.

This page groups every job title employers filed under this occupation code, so it covers the same work described as Petroleum Engineer, Reservoir Engineer, Coiled Tubing Engineer and others.

Median
$139,850
25th pct
$108,600
75th pct
$175,771
90th pct
$203,500
Filings
102

Who sponsors Petroleum Engineers

Ranked by number of certified filings for this occupation

Employers filing Petroleum Engineers, with wage percentiles
EmployerFilings25thMedian75th
Chevron Corporation5$148,709$153,300$168,800
EOG Resources, Inc.5$108,600$108,600$175,000
Liberty Energy Services LLC4$125,336$152,050$171,000
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company3$139,500$144,000$186,348
Occidental Petroleum Corporation3$129,850$139,700$172,000
Gladiator Energy LLC3$112,500$112,500$118,750
NexTier Completion Solutions Inc.3$86,632$98,072$98,286
XTO Energy Inc.2$197,063$211,375$225,688
Bison Management Services2$203,500$203,500$203,500
Gunnar Lllp2$200,000$200,000$200,000
Oil Search (Alaska) LLC2$185,000$190,000$195,000
Bandera Operating Corporation2$170,000$170,000$170,000
ResFrac Corporation2$163,260$166,521$169,781
Shell Exploration & Production Company2$145,350$149,900$154,450
Schlumberger Technology Corporation2$107,825$110,050$112,275
Tachyus Corporation2$110,000$110,000$110,000
BP America Inc.2$102,304$106,536$110,768
Computer Modelling Group, INC.2$101,114$104,156$107,198
Expro Americas, LLC2$91,354$91,354$91,354
NDT Global LLC2$89,442$89,442$89,442

By state

Where this occupation is filed from

Petroleum Engineers filings and median wage by state
StateFilingsMedian
Texas74$137,450
Colorado7$178,690
California5$191,000
Louisiana3$91,354
Alaska3$180,000
Wyoming2$99,016
New Jersey2$111,976
New Mexico2$121,500
Utah2$119,458

Job titles in this occupation

The exact wording employers used on their filings

Job titles filed under SOC 17-2171
Job titleFilingsMedian
Petroleum Engineer12$129,210
Reservoir Engineer10$146,500
Coiled Tubing Engineer3$112,500
Senior Completions Engineer3$203,500
Director of Productions Operations2$190,000
Lead Appl/sys Sales Engineer2$184,558
Reservoir Simulation Engineer2$138,381
Digital Operations Engineer2$98,286
Operations Engineer (field Engineer)2$91,354
Wireline Operations Integrity Manager2$171,000
Senior Pipe Stress Engineer2$174,558
Subsurface Technology Associate-reservoir Engineer2$106,536
Ranging and Intercept Engineer2$200,000
Data Analyst Level II2$89,442
Leader Reservoir Management Team1$252,000
Senior Reservoir and Completions Engineer1$160,000
Eng Advisor Reservoir1$204,300
Drilling Engineering Specialist1$175,000
Principal Petroleum Engineer1$166,400
Frac Field Engineer Trainee1$75,192
Engineer Reservoir1$191,000
Ad Petrophysical Advisor1$213,974
Reservoir and Completions Technical Team Lead1$173,041
Fise Remote Monitoring Specialist1$98,072
Drilling Engineer1$149,487
Wells Engineer1$182,750
Research Scientist, Assistant1$80,699
Graduate Petroleum Engineer1$140,800
Staff Completions Engineer1$213,200
Wells Techonology Development / Research Engineer1$144,000
Wells Research Engineer1$135,000
Lpi Operations Engineer1$102,045
Reservoir Engineering Specialist1$146,500
Wellbore Placement Engineer1$91,728
Field Manager1$117,333
Product Knowledge Manager1$98,072
Digital Oilfield Consultant1$98,072
Production Engineer Surveillance Analysis & Optimization1$145,600
Sr. Staff Offshore Drilling Engineer1$191,506
Oedp Eng Production1$120,000
Drilling Fluids Engineer1$113,755
Stimulation Services Team Lead Engineering and Sales1$144,200
Petroleum Scada Engineer1$98,072
Principal Reservoir Engineer1$182,458
Reservoir Technology Development Engineer1$228,696
Sr. Reservoir Engineering Specialist1$190,000
Pe Consultant Software Engineer1$129,210
Completion Engineer1$195,000
Staff Petroleum Engineer1$152,145
Assistant Engineering Manager1$144,201
Directional Driller1$128,960
Psd Manager1$114,500

The DOL publishes new filings quarterly. One email per release, nothing else.

SOC 17-2171 is the federal occupation code the employer assigned to these filings. It is chosen by the employer and reviewed by the Department of Labor, so it is more consistent than the free-text job title — but two companies can still classify similar work differently. Where a title looks misplaced, the wage level usually explains more of the gap than the code does.