Salary for Oil and Gas Roustabouts

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Oil and gas roustabouts repair oil and gas field equipment using hand and power tools. They also guide cranes, clean oil spills, dig drainage ditches around oil wells, and complete other similar tasks. These employees work in dangerous conditions with heavy equipment and machinery, so many precautions must be taken while on the job. To become an oil or gas roustabout a high school diploma or GED is usually unnecessary, but some employers do recommend one. Job training is almost always completed on-site, but a few employers do like their employees to complete an apprenticeship program before beginning work.

A Oil or Gas Roustabout will normally receive an average salary on a scale from $28,700 - $60,650 based on experience and domain knowledge. usually receive a pay level of fourty-two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars per year.

have the highest pay levels in Montana, where they can get average job salaries of near $54,240. People in this category of job can expect the highest salaries in Management of Companies and Enterprises, where they earn an average pay rate of $57,800.

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