Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining

Detailed Occupation

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2020 Workforce

32.2k

Average Age

37.3

Average Salary

$67,938

Average Male Salary

$67,835

Average Female Salary

$75,793

About

Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are most often employed by the Support activities for mining industry. The average yearly wage for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining was $67,938 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining by wage are Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, Registered nurses, and Other designers.

Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are part of the Construction & Extraction Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, Boilermakers, Carpenters, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, Cement masons, concrete finishers, & terrazzo workers, and 28 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are Minot City PUMA, ND, Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District 1 PUMA, LA, and Far Southeast New Mexico PUMA, NM. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District 1 PUMA, LA, Concho Valley COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (East) PUMA, TX, and Far Southeast New Mexico PUMA, NM.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining and on wages and locations for those in the field. Support activities for mining is the industry that employs the most Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, by average wage, is Pipeline transportation. Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are paid most in South of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District 1 PUMA, LA.

Yearly Wage

$67,938

AVERAGE SALARY

± $8,017

In 2020, Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining earned an average of $67,938, $11,984 more than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Other designers make somewhat more than Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining while Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.398

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.398, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, by number of employees, are Support activities for mining, Oil & gas extraction, Natural gas distribution, Construction, Pipeline transportation, and Furniture & home furnishings stores.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, by average wage, are Pipeline transportation, Natural gas distribution, and Oil & gas extraction.

Industries by Share

32.2k

2020 Workforce

± 4,407

−6.84%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 20.4%

The number of people employed as Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining has been declining at a rate of −6.84%, from 34,588 people in 2019 to 32,222 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining employed by various industries. Support activities for mining employs the largest share of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining at 81.4%, followed by Oil & gas extraction with 12.8% and Natural gas distribution with 0.971%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining in the US. The average age of male Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining in the workforce is 37.2 and of female Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining is 41.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

31.8k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 4,378

418

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 502

98.7% of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

60.4% of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 19.1% of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining.

Age by Sex

37.2

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.6

41.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 13.7

The median age of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining is 37.3, and Male employees are generally 4.51 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining is Engineering but a relatively high number of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining hold a major in Agriculture.