Anybody work in the oil fields in texas?
10-18-2011, 10:51 AM
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Can someone confirm the below:
12 hr days
2 weeks on / 2 weeks off
$15/hr
Lots of overtime!
OR
12 hr. days * 14 days = 168 hrs.
So...
80 hrs. @ $15/hr = $1,200
AND
88 hrs. @ ($15 * 1.5) $22.50/hr = $1,980
Total: $3,180 / 2 weeks
$3,180 / 168 hrs. = Avg. $18.92/hr
Then 2 weeks off.
So $3,180/month or $31,860/yr before taxes?
Someone please tell me that they pay MORE than $15.00/hr starting?
I recall oil field guys with stay at home mom's, and always out buyin' new sports cars/lifted trucks with above avg. houses and tons of toys (guns,atv's,ect.)
Not on approximately $32k/yr. your not.
Intrigued by the numbers here...Please explain.
12 hr days
2 weeks on / 2 weeks off
$15/hr
Lots of overtime!
OR
12 hr. days * 14 days = 168 hrs.
So...
80 hrs. @ $15/hr = $1,200
AND
88 hrs. @ ($15 * 1.5) $22.50/hr = $1,980
Total: $3,180 / 2 weeks
$3,180 / 168 hrs. = Avg. $18.92/hr
Then 2 weeks off.
So $3,180/month or $31,860/yr before taxes?
Someone please tell me that they pay MORE than $15.00/hr starting?
I recall oil field guys with stay at home mom's, and always out buyin' new sports cars/lifted trucks with above avg. houses and tons of toys (guns,atv's,ect.)
Not on approximately $32k/yr. your not.
Intrigued by the numbers here...Please explain.
01-01-2012, 12:03 AM
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Sorry to bring up an old thread. I have been debating getting out of teaching and coaching to go into oil and gas. I have a masters degree but 0 experience in the industry. I work my *** off and would like to find a place that rewards hard work. Having zero experience hurts, but I am intelligent and determined. Its a new year and I am looking for a change. Any help would be appreciated.
01-01-2012, 12:43 PM
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Ya'll are all discussing lower level start out jobs . Yes the pay isn't great at first butt the time it takes to advance right now is short because of attrition. A floorhand today could be a derrickhand next week because of people not showing or other reasons . I have been in this game for 22 years and average 150-250k a year . I worked my way up from nothing through the rigs on up to being a Toolpusher as well as snubbing and coil operator. Currently i work as a fishing tool sup. in SW La. and SE Texas. The money is there to be made. You just need to come and get it.
01-01-2012, 12:49 PM
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Camaro....u don't want to teach. Frozen salary...principals....other teachers....it sucks. We will see, but to do the things the wife and I want to do....teaching/coaching isn't going to cut it.
