Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

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2019 Workforce

36.6k

Average Age

41.5

Estimated Job Growth

15.1%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$150,617

Average Male Salary

$150,061

Average Female Salary

$154,718

About

Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers are most often employed by the Support activities for mining industry. The average yearly wage for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers was $150,617 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers by wage are Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Actuaries, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents.

Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers are part of the Architecture & engineering occupations, along with Architects, except landscape and naval, Landscape architects, Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, Aerospace engineers, Chemical engineers, and 16 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers are Fort Bend County (West & South) PUMA, TX, South of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX, and North of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers are Fort Bend County (West & South) PUMA, TX, North of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX, and South of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Support activities for mining is the industry that employs the most Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers, by average wage, is Petroleum refining. Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers are paid most in South of Aldine & Inside Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Fort Bend County (West & South) PUMA, TX.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$150,617

AVERAGE SALARY

± $13,905

In 2019, Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers earned an average of $150,617, $95,093 more than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents make somewhat more than Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers while Aircraft pilots & flight engineers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.358

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.358, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers, by number of employees, are Support activities for mining, Oil & gas extraction, and Petroleum refining.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers, by average wage, are Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, Petroleum refining, Petroleum refining, Oil & gas extraction, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, Oil & gas extraction, Petroleum refining, Petroleum refining, Petroleum refining, Oil & gas extraction, Oil & gas extraction, Oil & gas extraction, Oil & gas extraction, Petroleum refining, Architectural, engineering & related services, Metal ore mining, and Support activities for mining.

Industries by Share

36.6k

2019 Workforce

± 4,695

6.32%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 17.3%

The number of people employed as Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers has been growing at a rate of 6.32%, from 34,405 people in 2018 to 36,581 people in 2019.

This graphic shows the share of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers employed by various industries. Support activities for mining employs the largest share of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers at 39.7%, followed by Oil & gas extraction with 33.1% and Petroleum refining with 4.87%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers in the US. The average age of male Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers in the workforce is 42.2 and of female Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers is 36.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

32.2k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 4,406

4.37k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,623

88.1% of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)

73.4% of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 11.1% of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.

Age by Gender

42.2

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.85

36.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 4.32

The median age of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers is 41.5, and Male employees are generally 5.68 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers is Engineering but a relatively high number of Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers hold a major in Engineering.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers need more than the average amount of Technology Design, Science, and Programming.

Radar Distribution

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Growth Projections

Projections on wages and job growth for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ten-year national workforce is projected to grow 6.85%, but Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers are expected to see a growth of 15.1% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow higher than the national average.

Job Growth

15.1%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

6.85%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the 10-year projected employment growth (from 2018 to 2028) for Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers. This profession is expected to grow faster than 6.85%, the average rate of national job growth.