Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, aged to 2026 using compounded market movement. State selections show BLS state-level figures where published. Actual pay varies with experience, industry, and organization size.
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas salary by state
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas is a professional role in the Construction and Extraction job family, focused on Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas work. Pay for this title reflects both its level and its scope; see our Title Level and Organization Responsibility guides for how WePayFairly defines them.
What Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gass do
Typical education: High School Diploma
Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
Top skills:Operations MonitoringOperation and ControlCritical ThinkingMonitoringTroubleshootingActive Listening
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Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas salary by industry
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
39,110 workers
$63,500
Sectors 48 and 49 – Transportation and Warehousing
1,060 workers
$92,500
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
760 workers
$66,500
Utilities
620 workers
$90,000
Sectors 31, 32, and 33 – Manufacturing
620 workers
$58,000
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
350 workers
$61,500
Wholesale Trade
240 workers
$70,500
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
120 workers
$72,000
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas pays 1% above the average across 60 roles in the Construction and Extraction job family (family average $64,000).
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