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Landman salary

Average landman salary

$82,853

$39.83 hourly rate

Entry-level landman salary
$53,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025
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Average landman salary by state

Highest paying states for landmen

RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
1New Jersey$103,711$49.86
2Pennsylvania$100,013$48.08
3West Virginia$90,345$43.44
4California$100,503$48.32
5Michigan$94,233$45.30
6Vermont$97,655$46.95
7New Mexico$93,638$45.02
8Mississippi$91,473$43.98
9New York$90,792$43.65
10Texas$85,797$41.25
11Massachusetts$89,643$43.10
12Ohio$86,499$41.59
13North Carolina$80,227$38.57
14Virginia$89,487$43.02
15District of Columbia$99,458$47.82
16Louisiana$79,616$38.28
17New Hampshire$87,286$41.96
18Delaware$87,534$42.08
19Rhode Island$86,760$41.71
20South Carolina$78,929$37.95
21Utah$79,447$38.20
22Arizona$82,141$39.49
23Connecticut$85,718$41.21
24Kentucky$79,956$38.44
25Arkansas$74,011$35.58
26Nevada$78,206$37.60
27Wisconsin$76,807$36.93
28Alaska$82,942$39.88
29Nebraska$73,955$35.56
30Indiana$74,506$35.82
31Kansas$76,179$36.62
32Tennessee$73,373$35.28
33Oregon$79,376$38.16
34Maryland$79,135$38.05
35Minnesota$75,342$36.22
36Illinois$74,426$35.78
37Missouri$74,511$35.82
38Colorado$71,810$34.52
39Maine$74,304$35.72
40Wyoming$72,465$34.84
41Oklahoma$72,697$34.95
42Idaho$65,193$31.34
43Florida$69,340$33.34
44North Dakota$63,625$30.59
45Georgia$69,071$33.21
46Alabama$70,176$33.74
47South Dakota$68,057$32.72
48Iowa$66,437$31.94
49Washington$66,514$31.98
50Hawaii$66,708$32.07
51Montana$65,107$31.30

Landman salary details

A landman's salary ranges from $53,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $128,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average landman salary graph, trends, and summary

What is a landman's salary?

PercentileAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rate
90th Percentile$128,000$10,667$62
75th Percentile$104,000$8,667$50
Average$82,853$6,904$40
25th Percentile$65,000$5,417$31
10th Percentile$53,000$4,417$25

Highest paying landman jobs

The highest paying types of landmen are senior buyer, media buyer, and senior purchasing agent.

Job titleAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rateJob openings
Contract Worker$70,825$5,902$34.0536,853
Media Buyer$74,390$6,199$35.7620,884
Purchaser$50,031$4,169$24.056,852
Purchasing Supervisor$68,702$5,725$33.0319,412
Procurement Agent$72,384$6,032$34.8045,198
Purchasing Buyer$47,471$3,956$22.8221,158

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$89,000$87,800$86,600$85,400$84,200$83,000
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Landman salary trends

The average landman salary has risen by $14,016 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average landman earned $68,837 annually, but today, they earn $82,853 a year. That works out to a 9% change in pay for landmen over the last decade.

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Average landman salary over time

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Landman salary by year

YearAvg. salaryHourly rate% Change
2025$82,900$39.83+3.8%
2024$79,700$38.32+2.3%
2023$77,800$37.42+1.1%
2022$77,000$37.01+1.7%
2021$75,700$36.38+1.7%

Recently added landman salaries

CompanyJobLocationDate addedSalary
InceedLandman IIHouston, TX06/27/2025$100,000
Civitas Resources, Inc.Senior Surface Landman-PermianMidland, TX06/13/2025$154,000
Anschutz Exploration CorporationContract LandmanDenver, CO03/27/2025$110,872
Bison Oil & Gas IV, LLCLandmanDenver, CO03/27/2025$83,500
Juwi Inc.LandmanBoulder, CO02/19/2025$70,000
DrawbridgeusaLandmanBoone, CO02/16/2025$95,200
Bison Oil & Gas IV, LLCLandmanDenver, CO01/29/2025$83,500
DrawbridgeLandmanDenver, CO01/14/2025$95,200
Civitas Resources, Inc.Landman IV-Delaware BasinDallas, TX12/03/2024$154,000
AnteroStaff LandmanDenver, CO10/15/2024$160,000

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