Why Hunt For Oil Drilling Rig Jobs?

Oil drilling rig jobs are not for the weak or faint atconstruction yard. On land, only managers,
heart. These are jobs that can only be done bysalesmen, sports stars and movie stars can
those with strength and courage. Work onexpect to earn as much. Of course, this is only
offshore oil rigs is difficult with long hours, madecomparing the salaries of normal human beings,
dangerous by treacherous weather. Sometimesnot the superstars like Tiger Woods or Tom
work has to be done in freezing cold rain,Cruise.
sometimes in the hot sun and humid windlessAll this money is being paid for you to do good,
heat. But if this was all that an oil rig worker hadhonest, hard work. This is money you earn that
to look forward to, no one would do the job. Butwon't give you sleepless nights. Unlike politicians
the oil industry is one of the few sectors whichand Wall Street bankers, you can face yourself in
actually pay their front line workers well. Theythe mirror every morning when you shave
make a lot of money, and almost never havewithout having to feel any guilt. The salary for oil
enough workers.drilling rig jobs certainly beats flipping burgers at
That's why offshore drilling companies are willingMcDonald's or Wendy's, doesn't it?
to pay $45,000 a year for entry levelObviously, to actually earn this kind of money,
roustabouts. But this is not the only highly paid oilyou need to go where there is work. For
drilling rig job. Even the steward who does theexample, if you had stuck around South Texas in
housekeeping on board the oil platform receivesearly 2009, you would probably be one of the
very nearly the same salary. The cooks whomany oil rig workers who were laid off. But if you
keep the rig workers fed can receive up tohad moved to East Texas, where there were
$55,000, comparable to a high-ranking chef in acompanies hiring for oil drilling rig jobs, you would
restaurant. In fact, anyone who has specializednot have any problems finding work. And if you
skills, like a mechanic, electrician, welder, orare willing to work offshore, companies like
scaffolder can expect to earn at least $55,000 aTransocean and Noble Corporation are hiring
year even without prior offshore experience. Andthousands of workers to crew their new offshore
if you have the right type of post-graduateoil rigs.
Geology degree, you are looking at a minimum ofSimply put, if you have the strength and the
$80,000, not counting your sign-up bonuses.courage, if you have the ability and willingness to
If you stick around long enough, maybe workwork hard in difficult and dangerous situations and
hard for 10 to 20 years and find a unionized job,want to get paid well for these qualities, then oil
you have every chance of adding at leastdrilling rig jobs are for you. Move to where the
$10,000 to your starting salary. A 20-yearnewer oil fields are located and you will have a
veteran roustabout can easily ask for $55,000,better chance of getting hired.
earning $20,000 more than his counterpart in a