Entry Level Salary for Petroleum Engineers

The average salary for an entry level Petroleum Engineer is $77,546. An experienced Petroleum Engineer makes about $135,190 per year.

Petroleum engineers design and develop methods for extracting oil and gas from deposits below the Earth’s surface. Petroleum engineers also find new ways to extract oil and gas from older wells. Find more career information.

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  • ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST - V-F Petroleum - Midland, TX

    This in-office position provides a broad range of technical support services for the production and engineering teams of an independent oil and gas company located in Midland, Texas.JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Production Process Engineer - Lane Enterprises Inc - Alachua, FL

    Lane Enterprises is excited to welcome a Process Engineer to their team! From generous benefits , including bonus opportunities and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) , to great employee ...

  • Distinguished Engineer, Cloud Business - NetApp - San Jose, CA

    Prior experience working as a principal or senior principal engineer in one or more high scale, geo distributed applications or services built on either of the major cloud providers will be highly ...

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