Originally Posted by
tinman1
I'll bite...
Oil rig workers make nearly $100,000 a year - May. 10, 2012
The average wage for an oil field worker with less than a year experience is $67k/year, and goes up from there. The average was $99k/year in 2011. I have friends who barely made it through high school and goofed off afterwards. They're now living pretty decent lifestyles, easily affording houses and nice cars. That's more than I can say as a pilot...
This is true. I have friends and family in the oil field making ludicrous amounts of money for their education. However I am not so dull as to try and compare the back breaking labor in south Texas heat that they endure for 60 hours a week to what I do... I mean yes, it's somewhat disappointing that I spent years getting to the level I am at, only to make 24k a year again and start at the bottom..but to try and compare this job to working in an oil field?? How long do you think your body can withstand that kind of punishment? I'm too big a wuss for that..