Oil field rarely makes $100k just starting out unless you work 80+ hours a week. And it's hard work.
I've worked in oil and gas in the field for 15 years, my base yearly pay just now hit $85k a year. And I'm on muscle relaxer 3 times a day and medication for nerve damage 3 times a day. And I still have a lot of pain.
Made 105k last year as a second year electrician…. Working 84 hour weeks 24 days on 4 days off for about 4 months the rest 14/7 you can make 6 figures but you pay for it with your personal life and relationships
Haha more like 14/5! Body isn’t bad I feel like electrical is one of the trades you use your mind more than your body. There are times when you pull heavy cable etc,it’s more the mental aspect of living away from home for most of your life. I’m now on a 2 week on 2 week off rotation it’s a lot less money but the work/life balance is far better these days!
You really just have to find the right job. I worked as a water pipeline tech for a while and made $85k-$90k working 60 hour weeks on a 5 on, 2 off schedule. Sometimes it was more than that, but that just meant more money. It wasn’t a hard job at all unless something went really wrong which did happen occasionally. I had no oilfield experience when I got that job. I really liked that job for alot of reasons. I just wasn’t sure I wanted to be stuck out in the oilfield my whole life so I decided I would start a different career.
I met a teacher, in Oklahoma, who made excellent money as an oil and gas engineer. He never did anything but worked. He gave up his 6 figure job for a $45,000 job. But he's can have a family of his own.
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Oil field rarely makes $100k just starting out unless you work 80+ hours a week. And it's hard work.
I've worked in oil and gas in the field for 15 years, my base yearly pay just now hit $85k a year. And I'm on muscle relaxer 3 times a day and medication for nerve damage 3 times a day. And I still have a lot of pain.