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Average Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, And Gaugers Salary in Toledo, OH

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, And Gaugers in Toledo, OH earn a median annual salary of $107,520, which is +11.2% compared to the national median. There are 320 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Toledo, OH (metro area).

$107,520
Toledo, OH median annual wage
$52/hour median
+11.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $96,710
320
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
5.12
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$81,850
25th
$107,520
Median
$107,520
75th
$107,530
90th
$107,530

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Toledo, OH, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
91.5%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$117,566
Goods: 93.6%
Services: 96.3%
Rents: 67.3%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $117,660 Compare 870
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $111,370 Compare 620
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $109,390 Compare 120
Baton Rouge, LA $108,420 Compare 660
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $107,490 Compare 1,560
Wichita, KS $107,260 Compare 370

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Toledo, OH

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $618,680 1.08
Dermatologists $460,070 N/A
Neurologists $388,860 2.80
General Internal Medicine Physicians $330,220 1.76
Physicians, All Other $302,450 1.81
Nurse Anesthetists $248,100 N/A
Family Medicine Physicians $244,550 0.46
Psychiatrists $233,210 1.28

Toledo, OH has salary data for 477 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, And Gaugers in Toledo, OH

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, And Gaugers are projected to change by -2.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 3,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.