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

Add Comparison

Total Workforce

30.1k

Average Age

35.1

Estimated Job Growth

24%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$59,247

Average Male Salary

N/A

Average Female Salary

N/A

About

Employment

Diversity

Education

Skills

Growth Projections

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 $59,247 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining by wage are Construction & building inspectors, Logisticians, and Postsecondary teachers.

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, Construction laborers, Paving, surfacing, & tamping equipment operators, Construction equipment operators except paving, surfacing, & tamping equipment operators, Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, & tapers, Electricians, Glaziers, Insulation workers, Painters & paperhangers, Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, & steamfitters, Plasterers & stucco masons, Roofers, Sheet metal workers, Structural iron & steel workers, Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, Helpers, construction trades, Construction & building inspectors, Elevator installers & repairers, Fence erectors, Hazardous materials removal workers, Highway maintenance workers, Railtrack laying & maintenance equipment operators, Earth drillers, except oil & gas, Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters, Mining machine operators, Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, and Miscellaneous construction workers, including solar photovoltaic installers, septic tank servicers & sewer pipe cleaners

The top 3 locations that employ the most Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District 1 PUMA, LA, Wind River Reservation PUMA, WY, and Concho Valley COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (East) PUMA, TX. 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 Wind River Reservation PUMA, WY.

Photo by rucko fotografie

Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupationsConstruction & Extraction Occupations

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 Oil & gas extraction. Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are paid most in St. Landry & Evangeline Parishes PUMA, LA but are relatively concentrated in Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District 1 PUMA, LA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$59,247

AVERAGE SALARY

± $7,572

In 2017, Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining earned an average of $59,247, $7,182 more than than the average national salary of $52,065.

Postsecondary teachers make somewhat more than Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining while Construction & building inspectors 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.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Wage Distribution

0.337

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.337, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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).

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. St. Landry & Evangeline Parishes PUMA, LA

  2. Far Southeast New Mexico PUMA, NM

  3. Minot City PUMA, ND

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.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Spatial Concentration

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

  1. Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District 1 PUMA, LA

  2. Concho Valley COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (East) PUMA, TX

  3. Wind River Reservation PUMA, WY

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.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Industries

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 and Oil & gas extraction.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart
View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Highest Paying

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

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart
View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Industries by Share

30.1k

2017 Workforce

± 4,258

14.7%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 18.1%

The number of people employed as Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining has been growing at a rate of 14.7%, from 26,218 people in 2016 to 30,083 people in 2017.

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  92.3%, followed by Oil & gas extraction with 6.25% and false with 0%.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

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 N/A and of female Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining is N/A, and the most common race/ethnicity for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining is White.

Gender Composition

N/A

MALE WORKFORCE

± N/A

N/A

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± N/A

N/A% of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are N/A, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Race & Ethnicity

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

  1. White

  2. Black

  3. Other

85% of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are White, making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 5.39% of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, Black 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.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Age by Gender

N/A

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± N/A

N/A

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± N/A

The median age of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining is 35.1, and Male employees are generally N/A years N/A than their Female counterparts.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

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 Engineering.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

  1. Engineering

  2. false

  3. false

Engineering

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining need many skills, but most especially . The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining need more than the average amount of .

Radar Distribution

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Bar Chart

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Growth Projections

Projections on wages and job growth for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ten-year national workforce is projected to grow 7.4%, but Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining are expected to see a growth of 24% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow higher than the national average.

Job Growth

24%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

7.4%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the 10-year projected employment growth (from 2016 to 2026) for Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining. This profession is expected to grow faster than 7.4%, the average rate of national job growth.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart