Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Oil, Gas and Mining Service Operators
Oil, Gas and Mining Service Operators operate equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells. Includes fishing-tool technicians.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Oil, Gas and Mining Service Unit Operators with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $31,400 to $37,220 per year or $15 to $18 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Oil, Gas and Mining Service Unit Operators to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $38 | $79,750 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $30 | $62,420 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $23 | $47,380 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $18 | $37,220 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $15 | $31,400 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| MT | $31 | $65,020 |
| UT | $31 | $64,590 |
| NM | $31 | $63,770 |
| NY | $30 | $62,490 |
| WV | $29 | $60,100 |
| WY | $28 | $58,530 |
| CA | $28 | $58,450 |
| OH | $28 | $58,430 |
| MN | $28 | $58,400 |
| AL | $28 | $57,950 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as an Oil, Gas and Mining Service Unit Operator is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like MT doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at MT might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Oil, Gas and Mining Operators are in the states of MT, UT, NM, NY and WV.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| Oil and Gas Extraction | $65490 | $31.49 |
| Natural Gas Distribution | $61230 | $29.44 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | $59020 | $28.38 |
| Machinery Manufacturing | $57930 | $27.85 |
| Truck Transportation | $55710 | $26.79 |
| Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas | $54490 | $26.20 |
| Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers | $52850 | $25.41 |
| Utility System Construction | $52410 | $25.20 |
| Rental and Leasing Services | $52060 | $25.03 |
| Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $50580 | $24.32 |
| Support Activities for Mining | $49140 | $23.62 |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $46960 | $22.58 |
| Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying | $46520 | $22.37 |
| Employment Services | $43890 | $21.10 |
| Other Support Services | $35540 | $17.08 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | $ | $* |
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