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Roustabouts, Oil and Gas — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$46,960
United States, 2025
Employment
44,970
United States, 2025
Typical education
Less than a High School Diploma
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools. Perform other tasks as needed.
- O*NET code
- 47-5071.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Typical tasks
- Move pipes to and from trucks, using truck winches and motorized lifts, or by hand.
- Unscrew or tighten pipes, casing, tubing, and pump rods, using hand and power wrenches and tongs.
- Dismantle and repair oil field machinery, boilers, and steam engine parts, using hand tools and power tools.
- Guide cranes to move loads about decks.
- Walk flow lines to locate leaks, using electronic detectors and by making visual inspections, and repair the leaks.
- Lay gas and oil pipelines.
- Bolt together pump and engine parts.
- Clean trucks used in the fields.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$36,420
25th percentile
$38,850
75th percentile
$58,120
90th percentile
$64,530
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking3.1
- Monitoring3.0
- Operations Monitoring3.0
- Quality Control Analysis3.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.0
- Operation and Control3.0
- Equipment Maintenance2.9
- Time Management2.9
- Social Perceptiveness2.9
- Active Listening2.9
- Repairing2.9
- Coordination2.8
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 6 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
6
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Monitoring | 3.0 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Operation and Control | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Monitoring | 3.0 | 2.5 | Not selected | 2.5 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.1 | 2.3 | Not selected | 2.3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.0 | 2.1 | Not selected | 2.1 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Roustabouts, Oil and GasHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxnard, CA | $71,280 | 40 | 2025 |
| Columbus, OH | $66,940 | 60 | 2025 |
| AK | $60,810 | 430 | 2025 |
| ND | $60,480 | 2,460 | 2025 |
| Jackson, MS | $60,410 | 60 | 2025 |
| MT | $58,800 | 200 | 2025 |
| Wichita, KS | $57,600 | 90 | 2025 |
| FL | $57,080 | 40 | 2025 |
| Tyler, TX | $55,000 | 250 | 2025 |
| NE | $53,340 | 40 | 2025 |
| Bakersfield, CA | $52,640 | 240 | 2025 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $52,320 | 70 | 2025 |
| IN | $51,740 | 100 | 2025 |
| Traverse City, MI | $51,720 | 100 | 2025 |
| MI | $51,720 | 290 | 2025 |
| Wheeling, WV | $51,230 | 60 | 2025 |
| OH | $51,230 | 450 | 2025 |
| Minot, ND | $50,490 | 220 | 2025 |
| SD | $50,370 | 40 | 2025 |
| NM | $50,000 | 2,220 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.