Oil rigs and gas industry in Canada is encountering a big salary increases due to increased demand for gas and oil for the last year, show latest researches. Indeed, the average annual oil rig jobs income and this in the gas field is $125,680, according to the report of Calgary Herald.
There are many oil rig jobs opportunities in the oil and gas industry such as oil rig engineers, skilled trades, mining, business operations and geoscience support.
Here are some of the starting salaries for some oil rig jobs and gas jobs in the industry!
Average Salaries for Business and Administrative support services in the Oil rigs and Gas industry
- Accounting clerk on oil rigs: $34,000 – $41,000
- Accountant (junior): $40,000 – $55,000
- Administrative assistant: $34,000 – $42,000
- Clerical support staff: $30,000 – $41,000
- Sales representative: $53,000 – $78,000
- Inside sales representative: $46,000 – $75,000
Average Salaries for Engineering and Technology services in Oil and Gas industry
- CAD Drafter on oil rigs: $49,000 – $59,000
- Applications programmer/Analyst: $62,000 – $87,000
- Chemical engineer: $78,189 or $38/hr (avg.)
- Project engineer: $67,799 or $33/hr
- Electrical engineer on oil rigs: $66,144 or $32/hr
- Mechanical engineer: $64,775 or $31/hr
Average Salaries for Field operations in Oil and Gas industry
- Field operator: $26,000 – $45,000
- Field services technician: $39,000 – $55,000
- Machine operator (junior): $17 – $25/hr
- Drilling floorhand on oil rigs: $25/hr
- Drilling leasehand: $23/hr
- Shop help/General labourer: $18 – $23
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