This page contains key outcome data for the Petroleum Engineering Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $117,000 (Rank: 1 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $59,000
- Unemployment Rate: 4.10% (Rank: 102 of 171)
- Percent Female: 18.1%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 25.0%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 3.2%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 3.7%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 141 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Petroleum, mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers: 41.33% (Average Income: $152,000)
- Engineers, : 6.25% (Average Income: $135,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 5.18% (Average Income: $143,000)
- Civil Engineers: 3.71% (Average Income: $82,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 2.40% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.19% (Average Income: $158,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 2.15% (Average Income: $43,000)
- Sales Representatives, Services, All Other: 1.85% (Average Income: $113,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 1.74% (Average Income: $45,000)
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents: 1.58% (Average Income: $37,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.33% (Average Income: $62,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: 1.19% (Average Income: $66,000)
- Computer Programmers: 1.16% (Average Income: $105,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 1.15% (Average Income: $53,000)
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters: 1.10% (Average Income: $124,000)
- Constructions Managers: 1.00% (Average Income: $102,000)
- Construction equipment operators except paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators: 0.99% (Average Income: $124,000)
- Cost Estimators: 0.96% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Management Analysts: 0.92% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers: 0.92% (Average Income: $160,000)
- Financial Analysts: 0.90% (Average Income: $93,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 0.88% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Database Administrators: 0.87% (Average Income: $113,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 0.82% (Average Income: $77,000)
- Environmental Engineers: 0.69% (Average Income: $69,000)
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