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Average Service Unit Operators, Oil And Gas Salary in Casper, WY

Service Unit Operators, Oil And Gas in Casper, WY earn a median annual salary of $64,680, which is +11.2% compared to the national median. There are 180 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$64,680
Casper, WY median annual wage
$31/hour median
+11.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $58,160
180
Local employment
4.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
16.57
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$47,090
25th
$51,500
Median
$64,680
75th
$81,340
90th
$94,390

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 Casper, WY, 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
93.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$68,934
Goods: 95.4%
Services: 78.9%
Rents: 74.2%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Anchorage, AK $95,370 Compare 100
St. Louis, MO-IL $91,890 Compare 40
Cheyenne, WY $81,590 Compare 50
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $76,980 Compare 280
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $66,550 Compare 90
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $66,220 Compare 1,060

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 Casper, WY

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $315,050 0.58
Pharmacists $136,020 0.80
Industrial Production Managers $135,350 0.91
Managers, All Other $132,320 0.48
Sales Managers $129,670 0.31
Financial Managers $129,430 0.36
Dentists, General $129,030 1.37
Physician Assistants $127,640 0.90

Casper, WY has salary data for 196 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Service Unit Operators, Oil And Gas in Casper, WY

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Service Unit Operators, Oil And Gas are projected to change by +0.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 4,100 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.