Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $63K, rent takes 23.1% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,008/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new service unit operators, oil and gas typically earn — is $47K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,825/month. At HUD’s $1,008/month FMR, rent would take 36% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $63K locally vs. $58K nationally, a 8% difference.

Wyoming pays $63K median vs. the U.S. average of $58K — that’s +8%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 95.16), the purchasing-power equivalent is $66K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $62,560 a year, that works out to about $30 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $47,090, and experienced service unit operators, oil and gas can clear $93,110. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $4,359/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,008/month, which eats 23.1% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Wyoming has a Regional Price Parity of 95.16 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median service unit operators, oil and gas salary is worth about $65,742 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.