Welders $200,000
12-12-2014 | 12:29 PM
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How much of that $600 do you think went to liability insurance off the top? Then add another 30% for government taxes. Cost of the rig, mx, consumables, various government fees, marketing, office space, the list goes on. Plus being contract he's not making that day in and day out (although I hear work up in ND, UT, NM is pretty steady).
If y'all think you can drop a couple grand and take a 6 month community college course, get a 4G cert, and make $100/hr 40+ hours a week go for it.
Personally, I wouldn't quit your day job, welding (real welding) is an art/science/engineering all rolled up into one trade.
If y'all think you can drop a couple grand and take a 6 month community college course, get a 4G cert, and make $100/hr 40+ hours a week go for it.
Personally, I wouldn't quit your day job, welding (real welding) is an art/science/engineering all rolled up into one trade.
12-12-2014 | 01:25 PM
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Not really comparable to the rest of the country for anything.
What does a single bedroom apt rent for up there nowadays? Last I heard in Williston is was over $2k for a crappy one.
There is a lot of money up there but I have a feeling it's going to crash soon.
12-12-2014 | 05:34 PM
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I was a welder before I quit and started flying full time. Biggest mistake of my life. As a welder I was bringing home $4500/week and that was no rig truck. The oil industry counts for very little of the actual welding jobs out there. Energy companies are the place to be.
12-12-2014 | 06:08 PM
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I was a welder before I quit and started flying full time. Biggest mistake of my life. As a welder I was bringing home $4500/week and that was no rig truck. The oil industry counts for very little of the actual welding jobs out there. Energy companies are the place to be.
$18000/month and you quit to fly? And you continue to fly?
12-12-2014 | 07:20 PM
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You're talking about an area of the country where strippers fly in for the weekend because they make so much money.
Not really comparable to the rest of the country for anything.
What does a single bedroom apt rent for up there nowadays? Last I heard in Williston is was over $2k for a crappy one.
There is a lot of money up there but I have a feeling it's going to crash soon.
Not really comparable to the rest of the country for anything.
What does a single bedroom apt rent for up there nowadays? Last I heard in Williston is was over $2k for a crappy one.
There is a lot of money up there but I have a feeling it's going to crash soon.
12-13-2014 | 06:06 AM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
I doubt this 'headline' is any more accurate in the big picture than if I posted 'Pilot makes $300,000'
Sure there is a pilot that makes that much, and more, but then this forum would have 20 pages ridiculing the author for not pointing out that it is only the very top percentage that make that much.
Seems that people are quick to latch onto these stories for other professions.
Sure there is a pilot that makes that much, and more, but then this forum would have 20 pages ridiculing the author for not pointing out that it is only the very top percentage that make that much.
Seems that people are quick to latch onto these stories for other professions.
Last edited by USMCFLYR; 12-13-2014 at 08:13 AM.
12-13-2014 | 09:23 AM
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The oil industry will still be in boom cycle until mid 2015. Most of those companies have already signed contracts that they will complete even if oil goes to $10. We've got work scheduled until April that will get done. After that, who knows. If it stays in the 50-60 range North Dakota will continue on the oil boom path. There will be lots of smaller companies that will end up being bought by the big guys, but the oil industry is there to stay.
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