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Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians

Engineering Technologies

Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians graduates with a associate's typically earned about $79,041, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Associate's median $79,041, $73,729 to $89,729.$74k$82k$90kAssociate's$79,041
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Associate's median $79,041, $73,729 to $89,729.$74k$82k$90kAssociate's$79,041
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Associate's Degree$79,041$73,729 to $89,7295100%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +2% (2025 to 2035), about 11,600 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$78,350+2.8%5,400
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$58,160+1.1%3,800
Gas Plant Operators$87,820-6%1,400
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians$53,350+3.6%1,000

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a mining and petroleum technologies/technicians program, of 32 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.