Average Base Salary in National Average - U.S., U.S. National Average
$116,413
=
National Average Base Salary
Currency in United States Dollars
Customize your Salary Report Our comprehensive salary report is based on a detailed assessment of your competitive position in the market given your professional and educational background.
Designs equipment and processes to achieve the maximum profitable recovery of oil and gas. Searches for reservoirs containing oil or natural gas. Works with geologists and other specialists to understand the geologic formation and properties of the rock containing the... [+] More
Designs equipment and processes to achieve the maximum profitable recovery of oil and gas. Searches for reservoirs containing oil or natural gas. Works with geologists and other specialists to understand the geologic formation and properties of the rock containing the reservoir, determine the drilling methods to be used, and monitor drilling and production operations. Develops well drilling plan for management approval. Utilizes computer models to simulate reservoir performance using different recovery techniques and effects of various drilling options. Provides technical consultation during drilling operations. Requires a degree in petroleum engineering. Excludes paraprofessional and supervisory positions.
Analyzes technical and cost factors to plan methods to recover maximum oil and gas in oil-field operations, utilizing knowledge of petroleum engineering and related technologies. Examines map of subsurface oil and gas reservoir locations to recommend placement of wells to maximize economical production from reservoir. Evaluates probable well production rate during natural or stimulated-flow production phases. Recommends supplementary processes to enhance recovery involving stimulation of flow by use of processes, such as pressurizing or heating in subsurface regions. Analyzes recommendations of reservoir engineering specialist for placement of well in oil field. Develops well drilling plan for management approval, specifying factors including drilling time, number of special operations, such as directional drilling, and testing, and material requirements and costs including well casing and drilling muds. Provides technical consultation during drilling operations to resolve problems such as bore directional change, unsatisfactory drilling rate or invasion of subsurface water in well bore. Advises substitution of drilling mud compounds or tool bits to improve drilling conditions. Inspects well to determine that final casing and tubing installations are completed. Plans oil and gas field recovery containers, piping, and treatment vessels to receive, remove contaminants, and separate oil and gas products flowing from well. Monitors production rate of gas or oil from established wells, and plans rework process to correct well production, such as repacking of well bore and additional perforation of subsurface sands adjacent to well bottom. May apply knowledge of petroleum engineering to solve problems concerned with environment. [-] Less
Salary Data: National Average - U.S., U.S. National Average
Percentile
Base
Bonus
Benefits
Total
16.7
84,039
5,462
12,773
102,274
50
116,413
7,566
17,694
141,673
66.7
148,043
9,622
22,502
180,167
Salary Data: United States National Average
Percentile
Base
Bonus
Benefits
Total
16.7
84,039
5,462
12,773
102,274
50
116,413
7,566
17,694
141,673
66.7
148,043
9,622
22,502
180,167
Enter your current salary, area in which you currently reside, and area to which you plan to move to receive a FREE cost of living report.
Data reported by the US Department of Labor Occupational Employment Statistics Prevailing Wage Rates for use in H-1B estimates made after 2005 have been enhanced with two calculated columns: Level 2 and Level 3. As of March 28, 2005, new ETA 9089 rules call for surveys to provide at least 4 levels of wages. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 amended Section 212(p) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(p), to provide that: The wage required to be paid pursuant shall be 100 percent of the prevailing rates and Where the Secretary of Labor uses, or makes available to employers, a governmental survey to determine prevailing wage, such survey shall provide at least 4 levels of wages commensurate with experience, education, and the level of supervision. Where an existing government survey has only 2 levels, 2 intermediate levels may be created by dividing by 3 the difference between the two levels offered, adding the quotient thus obtained to the first level, and subtracting that quotient from the second level. SalaryExpert’s calculations are shown below:
For Use In
Type
Annual Mean
Level 1 (I)
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4 (II)
2007-2008 OES
4
101,620
64,771
83,193
101,615
120,037
2008-2009 OES
4
113,890
65,790
89,842
113,894
137,946
2009-2010 OES
4
119,140
66,789
92,962
119,136
145,309
The above values are to be used (ed. note: for prevailing wage submissions) except for nonprofits, colleges and universities, college and university operated federally funded research and development centers, and certain research agencies.
