Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators Salary and Pay
How much do Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators make?
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators pay a median of $71,510 a year in the BLS May 2024 survey, with a mean of $71,750 across 5,110 counted jobs. Half of all workers in the occupation earn between $57,520 and $88,090.
What Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators actually pay, from the federal wage survey: a $71,510 median, the full percentile ladder, every state's table, and the metros where the jobs and the money sit, on one page.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Every level in the picker is a published BLS figure for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators, not a national average. Annual-to-hourly conversions divide by 2,080 hours, the survey's full-time year; top-coded levels use $239,200, the floor BLS prints, so the true figure is higher.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $43,950 | $21.13 |
| 25th percentile | $57,520 | $27.65 |
| Median (50th) | $71,510 | $34.38 |
| 75th percentile | $88,090 | $42.35 |
| 90th percentile | $98,350 | $47.29 |
A percentile marks a point in this occupation's pay distribution: the worker one quarter of the way up the Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators ladder earns the 25th percentile wage, $57,520. BLS top-codes very high wages ($239,200+ a year, $115.00+ an hour) and marks estimates it cannot publish as n/p.
Employment and concentration
The occupation employed 5,110 people in May 2024, 0.00% of every job BLS counted. Texas is the largest employer at 1,880 jobs, and the leading three states between them hold 49.3% of the workforce. Concentration peaks in Alaska, whose location quotient of 7.65 says this work is 7.65 times as dense there as it is nationwide.
Pay inside the occupation is wide: $54,400 separates the ends of its ladder. The 90th percentile ($98,350) is 2.2 times the 10th percentile ($43,950), a gap of $54,400 a year. The mean of $71,750 sitting above the median of $71,510 tells you the top end pulls the average up: most workers cluster below the mean, and the high tail is thin.
Pay by state
Sorted by employment, the table below puts Texas first at 1,880 jobs; sorted by median pay instead, Michigan would lead at $107,550. Both orderings are printed in one table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,880 | 0.1 | 4.10 | $76,680 | $77,370 |
| Pennsylvania | 430 | 0.1 | 2.17 | $63,720 | $64,080 |
| Arkansas | 210 | 0.2 | 4.88 | $58,310 | $64,110 |
| Ohio | 210 | 0.0 | 1.14 | $87,790 | $91,740 |
| Florida | 120 | 0.0 | 0.38 | $40,500 | $37,260 |
| Oklahoma | 120 | 0.1 | 2.18 | $55,010 | $52,000 |
| Indiana | 100 | 0.0 | 0.98 | $91,140 | $98,360 |
| Kansas | 90 | 0.1 | 1.89 | $99,000 | $105,790 |
| Michigan | 90 | 0.0 | 0.64 | $98,720 | $107,550 |
| Alaska | 80 | 0.3 | 7.65 | $101,140 | $104,550 |
| West Virginia | 80 | 0.1 | 3.33 | $72,280 | $78,780 |
| New Mexico | 70 | 0.1 | 2.31 | $86,460 | $84,960 |
| Kentucky | 60 | 0.0 | 0.84 | $56,850 | $48,980 |
| New York | 60 | 0.0 | 0.20 | $58,870 | $59,590 |
| Nebraska | 50 | 0.0 | 1.49 | $65,010 | $64,230 |
| Missouri | 40 | 0.0 | 0.38 | $49,080 | $47,510 |
| Tennessee | 40 | 0.0 | 0.40 | $67,720 | $62,650 |
| Alabama | n/p | n/p | n/p | $41,060 | $39,410 |
| California | n/p | n/p | n/p | $74,540 | $60,270 |
| Montana | n/p | n/p | n/p | $79,990 | $73,540 |
| North Carolina | n/p | n/p | n/p | $56,480 | $56,670 |
| Oregon | n/p | n/p | n/p | $56,090 | $58,720 |
| Virginia | n/p | n/p | n/p | $60,930 | $63,410 |
| Washington | n/p | n/p | n/p | $56,620 | $47,360 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators stands number 761 by employment and number 275 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Transportation and Material Moving Occupations, the group median wage is $52,310 across 50 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 37% more than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 13,645,590 jobs. In 9 of the 24 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $71,510, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is the largest metro employer with 110 jobs, 2.2% of the national total. Below, the biggest employers come first; the pay table after it only counts metros with 500 or more jobs in the occupation, so its leader is a real market and not a statistical artifact.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 110 | $74,160 | $72,030 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 70 | $68,950 | $68,590 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 40 | $77,500 | $63,900 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 30 | $97,210 | $98,810 |
| Cleveland, OH | 30 | $88,650 | $90,490 |
| Greeley, CO | n/p | $59,750 | $57,530 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | n/p | $79,660 | $88,080 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | n/p | $65,000 | $60,320 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
Budget arithmetic on the median: $5,959 a month before tax, $2,750 biweekly, $1,375 weekly. Moving from the 25th percentile ($57,520) to the 75th ($88,090) is worth $30,570 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. To turn any of these gross figures into spendable money, run them through the paycheck calculator; to weigh an offer against your current role, use the salary calculator; to test a raise against prices, the raise vs inflation calculator.
To place a real offer: a salary of $78,661 would sit between the median ($71,510) and the 75th percentile ($88,090), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $57,520, is $13,990 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the median salary for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators?
$71,510 a year ($34.38), the middle wage among 5,110 counted workers in the BLS May 2024 estimates. The 75th percentile is $88,090 and the 90th is $98,350.
Where are Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators jobs concentrated?
By headcount, Texas leads with 1,880 jobs; by concentration, Alaska leads with a location quotient of 7.65, meaning the occupation is 7.65 times as dense there as nationally.
What do the top 10% of Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators earn?
$98,350 a year or more. The gap between the 90th percentile and the median ($71,510) is the size of the senior and specialist premium in this occupation.
How does EveryCalc get Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators pay data?
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS bulk files for May 2024 (national, state, and metropolitan), downloaded November 5, 2026. Nothing on this page is self-reported by workers or scraped from job postings.