Top-paid oil rig operaters earn more than $89K. June 16, 2010 — -- The oil industry may be a magnet for controversy in the U.S. right now, with crude continuing to gush from BP's ruined deep ...

At-a-Glance: Gulf of Mexico offshore floorhand pay typically runs on a day-rate basis with 14/14 or 21/21 hitches. Expected day rates span roughly $330–$590, annualizing to about $60,000–$107,500 ...

Offshore oil rig crane operator pay is typically day-rate based. Median market pay sits around $640 per day, which annualizes to about $117,500 on a 14/14 or 21/21 rotation (roughly 183 paid days per ...

U.S. oil and gas companies are using automation and outsourcing to reduce their workforce, despite record production levels. The oil and gas industry is not expected to see job growth, and wages are ...

There's no denying just what a time commitment working on an oil rig can be, nor how isolated one might feel while doing so. The latter in particular comes with the territory at times: The Perdido oil ...