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Roustabouts, Oil and Gas earn $46,960 a year at the midpoint

Pay is unusually even: nine in ten people earn between $36,420 and $64,530, around a midpoint of $46,960.

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$46,960median a year · United States
$22.58an hour $49,200average 44,970people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$38,85025th $46,960median $58,12075th
$36,42010th percentile $64,53090th percentile
$38,850a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$60,810best-paying state · Alaska
$44,850lowest-paying state · Louisiana
+29%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Oil and gas roustabout earnings, from starting pay up to the top 10%

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Ranked 590 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 25% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 588 Construction Laborers $47,120
  2. 589 Bill and Account Collectors $47,030
  3. 590 Roustabouts, Oil and Gas $46,960
  4. 591 Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other $46,860
  5. 592 Rehabilitation Counselors $46,850

Oil and gas roustabout wages in each state

Across 23 states the median ranges by 1.36 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Alaska $60,810 $49,470 $49,470 — $80,140 430
North Dakota $60,480 $38,850 $38,850 — $78,290 2,460
Montana $58,800 $46,710 $46,710 — $73,950 200
Florida $57,080 $38,400 $38,400 — $62,650 40
Nebraska $53,340 $48,440 $48,440 — $60,120 40
Indiana $51,740 $34,760 $34,760 — $55,820 100
Michigan $51,720 $38,400 $38,400 — $69,710 290
Ohio $51,230 $35,880 $35,880 — $75,040 450
South Dakota $50,370 $48,710 $48,710 — $61,190 40
New Mexico $50,000 $36,440 $36,440 — $65,790 2,220
Alabama $49,400 $36,240 $36,240 — $67,820 70
Mississippi $49,240 $37,300 $37,300 — $71,930 420
Colorado $49,050 $45,170 $45,170 — $60,490 1,620
California $48,880 $39,110 $39,110 — $83,930 660
Utah $48,270 $40,450 $40,450 — $61,480 740
Pennsylvania $47,520 $37,980 $37,980 — $62,950 1,610
Oklahoma $47,260 $36,260 $36,260 — $66,550 2,730
Wyoming $46,660 $37,400 $37,400 — $63,150 1,180
Illinois $46,500 $40,030 $40,030 — $50,500 290
Kansas $46,220 $39,200 $39,200 — $75,830 570
Texas $45,950 $35,840 $35,840 — $60,470 24,430
Arkansas $44,960 $39,020 $39,020 — $64,040 120
Louisiana $44,850 $36,700 $36,700 — $66,660 3,460

Resumes for roustabouts, oil and gas

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  • Unscrewed or tightened pipes, casing, tubing, and pump rods, using hand and power wrenches and tongs.
  • Dismantled and repaired oil field machinery, boilers, and steam engine parts, using hand tools and power tools.
  • Guided cranes to move loads about decks.

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Related work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$46,960
Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other$70,130+$23,170 Continuous Mining Machine Operators$61,810+$14,850 Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas$58,620+$11,660 Rock Splitters, Quarry$48,740+$1,780

Oil and gas roustabout pay rate, hourly and yearly

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Questions people ask

What is an oil and gas roustabout’s yearly income?

An oil and gas roustabout makes a median of $46,960 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $38,850 and $58,120.

What is an oil and gas roustabout’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $22.58 an hour; the average is $49,200 a year.

What is the starting pay for an oil and gas roustabout?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $38,850 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $36,420.

Which state pays roustabouts, oil and gas the most?

Alaska, with a median of $60,810 a year.

How many people work as roustabouts, oil and gas?

About 44,970 in the United States — number 590 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $200 of what roustabouts, oil and gas earn — $46,960 a year — but not always the same spread.

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