3. Oklahoma
IM Score: 32
Annual median wage: $115,060
Cost of living index: 88.6
Oklahoma offers similar annual median wages and cost of living like Michigan, but there will be lot more jobs for petroleum engineers here. The current number of 3,770 employed within the occupation is expected to increase by 620. There will also be 170 average annual job openings. When it comes to the unemployment rate, Oklahoma is somewhere in the middle with 4.3%.
